OSHA and our pastime!

shrpshtrjoe · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

Welcome to the Hunting Nut Old Navy Chief Sit and stay a while Very Happy

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Joe

Vince · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

Welcome Chief, great to have you aboard. Sit a spell, grab a rum and kick back.

Cheers, Vince

1895ss · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

Welcome aboard Chief .......... Rum??????? Where's the Rum Confused

?????? ............ all I found was cranberry juice Shocked

......!!!! I'd like a shot of that rum as well Very Happy

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jsmurphy · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

www.nraila.org/Legisla...px?ID=3162

It appears OSHA has changed their minds on this one.

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

jsmurphy wrote:

http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3162

It appears OSHA has changed their minds on this one.

LOL I was just about to post that exact same link. Thanks for the heads up.

-Dallanc

Deleted_User_2665 · Super Member Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 380

Keep a vigile friends....it ain't over by a long shot.

Hilary & Co. are on the OSHA oversight comittee...this mebbe was a test to see if they could slip through the back door.

Just like a virus, they get stronger the more you fight 'em.......

Stay the course....

shrpshtrjoe · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

Glad to see the NRA and peoples letters and emails made a difference Very Happy

Hopefully OSHA will back off.
Joe

Vince · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

Good to hear. Had this gone through I could see that us shooters here in Australia would have suffered badly because we don't have any bullet manufacturers.

You guys in the US have a very difficult job ahead of you when it comes time to vote for a new President/Government. From what I can see you will really only be in a position to pick the best of a not so good bunch.

Good Luck

1895ss.....I got a rum. Enjoying it right now in my coffee. Wish I could share it with all of you guys.

Cheers, Vince

shooterjon · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

GOOD JOB GUYS THANKS_OSHA IS BACK PEDDELING!!! Shocked

Labor Department Announces It Will Revise Overreaching OSHA Explosives Rule

Monday, July 16, 2007

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it will significantly revise a recent proposal for new â€œexplosives safetyâ€ 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.

Working with the NRA, Congressman Denny Rehberg (R-MT) planned to offer a floor amendment to the Labor-HHS appropriations bill this Wednesday when the House considers this legislation. His amendment would have prohibited federal funds from being used to enforce this OSHA regulation.

Such an amendment is no longer necessary since Kristine A. Iverson, the Labor Departmentâ€™s Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, sent Rep. Rehberg a letter, dated July 16, stating that it â€œwas never the intention of OSHA to block the sale, transportation, or storage of small arms ammunition, and OSHA is taking prompt action to reviseâ€ this proposed rule to clarify the purpose of the regulation.

Also, working with the NRA, Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO) gathered signatures from 25 House colleagues for a letter, dated July 11, expressing concerns about this proposed OSHA rule. The letter called the proposal â€œan undue burden on a single industry where facts do not support the need outlined by this proposed ruleâ€ and â€œnot feasible, making it realistically impossible for companies to comply with its tenets.â€

The OSHA proposal would have defined â€œexplosivesâ€ to include â€œblack powder, â€¦ small arms ammunition, small arms ammunition primers, [and] smokeless propellant,â€ and treated these items the same as the most volatile high explosives.

Under the proposed rule, a workplace that contained even a handful of small arms cartridges, for any reason, would have been considered a â€œfacility containing explosivesâ€ and therefore subject to many impractical restrictions. For example, no one could carry â€œfirearms, ammunition, or similar articles in facilities containing explosives â€¦ except as required for work duties.â€ Obviously, this rule would make it impossible to operate any kind of gun store, firing range, or gunsmith shop.

The public comment website for the proposed rule is no longer accessible. The Labor Department will publish a notice in the July 17 Federal Register announcing that a new rule proposal will soon be drafted for public comment. Needless to say, the NRA monitors proposed federal regulations to head off this kind of overreach, and will be alert for OSHAâ€™s next draft.

Read the letter to Cong. Rehberg from the Labor Dept.

Read OSHA's notice

GroovyJack · Member Joined: May 21, 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Bama

Old Navy Chief , awrite , hey Bushy that makes three , we got all these flatfoots and sandcrabs covered plus some now ..

I were a MK45 Gunner for longer than I care to remember , and Bushy were a hole snipe ..

Goat Locker Unite !!!

Vince · Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

GroovyJack wrote:

Old Navy Chief , awrite , hey Bushy that makes three , we got all these flatfoots and sandcrabs covered plus some now ..

I were a MK45 Gunner for longer than I care to remember , and Bushy were a hole snipe ..

Goat Locker Unite !!!

UH OOOHH.......this is getting scary and starting to worry me, but I 'spose everything will be okay unless someone brings in a barrel or starts painting rivets gold.........then I'm outa here. Very Happy

Seriously though, its good to see that we have so many ex-servicemen....sorta like one big happy family, and not one of us is ashamed of his background.

Took the wife and daughter down to see the USS Kittythawk (63) the other day. She is alongside here in Brisbane as part of her final voyage before being de-commissioned. Magnificent vessel. Unfortunately she wasn't open for visitors (other than invited guests) so we couldn't go aboard. Most disappointing. Sad

The pic of the Marine on the "pointy end" of the vessel/boat/ship and the pic of the flag were taken with a Canon Sure Shot A530 digital camera through my 20x spotting scope, hence the slightly blurred image and the dark ring. I'm working on getting a clearer pic using this method. One day maybe. Very Happy

Cheers, Vince

jsmurphy · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

www.ohsonline.com/articles/49155/

Here is a link to OSHA. It is kind of interesting to see that they are really not giving up, but had to back off for now due to the outcry from "US CITIZENS". It will be revisited in the future, but hopefully in a sane manner.

Bushmaster · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

Thanks jsmurphy...Have been using this site...Or should I say I used to...
Retired now so I lost track of it for a year or so...

Vince. All you can do is photograph bird farms???

GroovyJack · Member Joined: May 21, 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Bama

Musta been an airedale , huh ??

Not the real navy , thats for certain ..

Jarhedds , cripes ..

Bushmaster · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: OSHA and our pastime!

No...Vince was a ground pounder...