How much more government do yo need in private business?



NSSF
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>Proposed OSHA Regulation Threatens
>Firearm and Ammunition Industry
>
>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the government
>agency charged with assuring the safety and health of America's workers, is
>proposing a regulatory rule affecting the manufacturing, transportation and
>storage of small arms ammunition, primers and smokeless propellants.
>
>As written, the proposed rule would force the closure of nearly all
>ammunition manufacturers and force the cost of small arms ammunition to
>skyrocket beyond what the market could bear-essentially collapsing our
>industry. This is not an exaggeration. The cost to comply with the proposed
>rule for the ammunition industry, including manufacturer, wholesale
>distributors and retailers, will be massive and easily exceed $100 million.
>For example, ammunition and smokeless propellant manufacturers would have
>to shut down and evacuate a factory when a thunderstorm approached and
>customers would not be allowed within 50 feet of any ammunition (displayed
>or otherwise stored) without first being searched for matches or lighters.
>
>NSSF and SAAMI have already had a preliminary meeting with OSHA officials
>to begin the process of explaining to them the major problems this proposed
>rule presents for all levels of the firearms and ammunition industry.
>Furthermore, NSSF and SAAMI are each seeking a 60 day extension of the
>public comment period (currently scheduled to expire July 12).
>
>NSSF is urging all retailers to contact OSHA directly and request a 60-day
>extension of the public comment period. Retailers should inform OSHA that
>the proposed rule constitutes a "significant regulatory action" as defined
>in Executive Order 12866 (1993) Section 3(f)(1) in that it will clearly
>"adversely affect in a material way" the retail sector of the firearms and
>ammunition industry, productivity, competition and jobs and that the annual
>compliance cost for all retailers of ammunition will far exceed $100
>million dollars.
>
>Click here (http://www.nssf.org/share/docs/BP070207-OSHAletter.rtf) for a
>template letter. If you choose to draft your own letter, the reference line
>must read as follows:
>
>RE: Docket No. OSHA-2007-0032
> Request to Extend Public Comment Period and Request for Hearing
>on
> "Significant Regulatory Action" as Defined in Executive Order
>12866
>
>Please fax the letter to: 202-693-1648 (include the docket number and
>Department of Labor/OSHA on the cover sheet and in the reference section of
>your letter).
>
>Please e-mail the letter by visiting: Regulations.gov and
>following the submission instructions.

Sometimes it seems that OSHA is trying to fulfill its mandate of ensuring that all workers are protected from work site dangers by writing regs that put companies out of business. That way there are no workers, so no one gets injured on the job, and OSHA can claim mission accomplished!

Doesn't surprise me . I deal with a different gvt. Regulatory agency and they are a nightmare.