Back-door gun control deferred

They got caught, and now they're back-pedalling:

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it will significantly revise a recent proposal for new “explosives safety” regulations that caused serious concern among gun owners. OSHA had originally set out to update workplace safety regulations, but the proposed rules included restrictions that very few gun shops, sporting goods stores, shippers, or ammunition dealers could comply with.

Gun owners had filed a blizzard of negative comments urged by the NRA, and just a week ago, OSHA had already issued one extension for its public comment period at the request of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. After continued publicity through NRA alerts and the outdoor media, and after dozens of Members of Congress expressed concern about its impact, OSHA has wisely decided to go back to the drawing board. -- NRA-ILA site

We'll see...

LATER (070718): Kim Dutoit says we're engaged in a "holding action." (via DP.)
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Link and extract via Instapundit, as telia.net is dropping packets in Chicago, making the NRA-ILA site unreachable from here today.
Previously: More back-door gun control (July 9, 2007)

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