Major Threat to Air Gunning, to state it again.
March 7 2005 at 10:11 AM Quackenbush (Login DAQ)
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Do you recall the Consumer Product Safety Commission's attempt to destroy Daisy? That was only thwarted when the Clinton appointee's term expired and Bush was able to appoint a non-radical commissioner. (We'll fight this battle again if Kerry gets to appoint commissioners.) The CPSC's over Daisy would have set a precedent to cover all other air guns.
Well, now comes the backdoor method, through the non-governmental organization American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM), which is a standard's development organization for industry. The same people that were at the CPSC are now chairing a committee at the ASTM. The standards that they are looking at are things like: loaded chamber indicators, automatic safeties, restricting power levels and may include undeveloped technologies as a ploy to stop air gun manufacture. In this way they require a technology that can't be put into an air gun, so that no air guns can be made, because the technology can't be adapted to the air gun.
What is needed to stop this is voting and participating members on the committee that is going to take this up. The committee number is F-15/06. The catalog section is Sporting Goods 15/07. Membership is $75. Go to www.ASTM.org. Existing members please respond here so we can get a list for coordination so that we all vote at the correct time, on the correct item.
Just like NRA members are the thin front line in the fight to preserve firearms ownership, this ASTM membership is very important, in the long run, for air gunning. Not everyone can participate, but if you have $75. and the will, join the front line. You're needed in the battle, don't be a shirker.
People already involved: Crosman Corp., Daisy, Airhog, Airguns of AZ, R.Beeman, Gamo & others that I just don't have in mind at the moment. You can help by putting this notice on other forums that I have not attended to. Thank you.
Please note this is a reprint. It seems that there are many new people on this forum who don't know of this and think words will keep airguns available rather than actions.
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