Jerry Durand wrote:
>
> At 06:05 PM 10/12/2004, Randall Clague wrote:
> >At 03:33 PM 10/12/2004 -0700, Jerry Durand wrote:
> >
> >>the BATFE "Orange Book" even specifically defines car airbag actuators as
> >>controlled explosives, requiring that your car be kept in a magazine
> >
> >Surely individual car owners are exempt if the airbag actuator is in the
> >car and has not been tampered with.
>
> Surely you'd think so, but the rules do NOT state any exemption (if you
> ask, they'll say "you know what we mean", but the judge would go by the
> written rules). Therefore you need an explosives permit (federal and
> state) to own the car, a HazMat license to drive it, and a type-4 magazine
> to store it in. Also, anyone under 18, not a US citizen, or ever convicted
> of a crime with a 1 year sentence can not be allowed anywhere near it.
One would think that an airbag actuator would fall within the definition
of a "propellent actuated device" ("specialized mechanical device or gas
generator system that releases or directs work by means of a propellant
charge"), and as such would be exempt from 27 CFR part 555 "Commerce in
Explosives" by the action of the exemption at 27 CFR 555.141(a)(8): given
the existence of that regulatory language (which was unchanged, except for
a section renumbering, by the "safe explosives act"), I'd say there would
be a formidable "reasonable doubt" barrier between the American motoring
public and any legally-sustainable charge of "Using Unlicensed Explosives"!
-dave w
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