RE: Seen the new ATF Regs
 

PaulS, did you read that link I posted?

RE: Seen the new ATF Regs
 

bigcountry,
Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. I also checked the listed USCs and found this:

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 40 > Sec. 841. Next
Sec. 841. - Definitions As used in this chapter -
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 40 > SECTION 841


(c)
It shall be unlawful for any licensee to distribute explosive materials to any person who the licensee has reason to believe intends to transport such explosive materials into a State where the purchase, possession, or use of explosive materials is prohibited or which does not permit its residents to transport or ship explosive materials into it or to receive explosive materials in it.
(d)
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to distribute explosive materials to any individual who:
(1)
is under twenty-one years of age;
(2)
has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(3)
is under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(4)
is a fugitive from justice;
(5)
is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)); or
(6)
has been adjudicated a mental defective.

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and the exceptions under the law are:

Sec. 845. - Exceptions; relief from disabilities
(a)
Except in the case of subsections [1] (l), (m), (n), or (o) of section 842 and subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) of section 844 of this title, this chapter shall not apply to:
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(4)
small arms ammunition and components thereof;

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As components of amunition smokeless powders are exempt from this statute - as is Black powder - in quatities that are limited (and always have been) by law.

The statutes do NOT change the fact that by chemical definition smokeless powders are flammable solids and NOT explosives. Just because the government wishes to classify something as an explosive (or anything else for that matter) doesn't change it's chemistry.

PaulS


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