#Climate #EPA says it will propose drinking #water limit for #perchlorate (a harmful #chemical in #rockets and other #explosives), but only because court ordered it https://apnews.com/article/epa-perchlorate-drinking-water-safety-limit-explosives-7d56b91dae421d2d8902c67e7f758700

For anyone who thinks the NFA was ever about anything other than tax and control (not safety), directly from the ATF's own website: "While the NFA was enacted by Congress as an exercise of its authority to tax, the NFA had an underlying purpose unrelated to revenue collection. As the legislative history of the law discloses, its underlying purpose was to curtail, if not prohibit, transactions in NFA firearms. Congress found these firearms to pose a significant crime problem because of their frequent use in crime, particularly the gangland crimes of that era such as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The $200 making and transfer taxes on most NFA firearms were considered quite severe and adequate to carry out Congress’ purpose to discourage or eliminate transactions in these firearms. The $200 tax has not changed since 1934." - https://atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/laws-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives/national-firearms-act As for the "underlying purpose," yes, it was an attempt at prohibition, just like the prohibition of alcohol. It was NOT about safety, nor, as is stated there, about "crime," because in 1934, during the great depression, when the NFA was enacted, the only people who could afford a $200 tax stamp were the criminals the law was allegedly aimed at stopping. No, just as with government today, this was not about safety or crime - it was about control (making firearms and accessories too expensive for most to purchase) and government getting its cut.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/officers-injured-portland-rioters-breach-ice-building-explosives-rocks

https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-cartels-targeting-border-patrol-agents-kamikaze-drones-explosives-trump-crackdown-report

Standing in a very, very long Airport TSA Checkpoint line the woman next to me shifted from left to right making the idiotic noises for the long delay, you know; “ tsk, tsk, oh how stupid, oh brother” finally running out of words to have a conversation with herself finally turned to me and stated” well I don’t understand why we have to do this, this is stupid, who caused this” I had to respond, just had too, “ the reason for this is a Failed Immigration policy, the Democrats let in illegals immigrants that stole 4 airliners, flew them into buildings and killed 6000 poeple, caused companies to go out of business, put millions of poeple out of work so now they want you be checked to make sure you don’t have any, guns, knives or explosives to hijack or blow an airliner”. She looked at me with this glassy eye stare but shut up, “your next lady” take off your shoes and throw away your water bottle” I said as she stepped into screening.

https://www.oann.com/newsroom/what-is-known-about-trump-shooter-explosives-in-car-bomb-making-materials-at-home-failed-to-make-shooting-club-in-school/

https://www.westernjournal.com/illegals-caught-explosives-tailored-terrorism-gop-raising-new-alarms-bidens-risky-border-policies/?ff_source=site&ff_medium=aggregator10&ff_campaign=can

The US Defense Department believes the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is developing a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. That is, a heavy, multi-stage missile that leaves the Earth’s atmosphere and travels around the world at huge velocities before re-entering and descending toward its target at 20 times the speed of sound. Such missiles normally have a nuclear warhead: but this one, uniquely, would be armed with conventional explosives. It’s an incredibly dangerous idea. A bad idea the Pentagon is intimately familiar with. After all, it tried to develop the same kind of “conventional” ICBM years ago – and ultimately gave up as it began to appreciate everything that could go wrong. https://www.aol.com/china-working-weapon-us-decided-113322920.html