Posted September 14, 2019 10:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

One the surface, President Trump’s proposed ban on flavored vaping solutions doesn’t look like it would have anything to do with the Second Amendment. After all, vaping isn’t exactly classified as “arms” or anything, right?

However, there are some aspect of it worthy of note by Second Amendment advocates and something we definitely need to talk about.

First, let’s talk about how this ban is being handled.

The president isn’t calling on Congress to act. He’s making the call unilaterally by ordering the Food & Drug Administration to yank the authorization for these solutions.

Sound familiar?

If you’re reminded of how bump stocks were banned, there’s a reason for that. When the executive branch of government is given regulatory authority, all it takes is a stroke of the pen for the president to outlaw certain items. Just like he did with bump stocks.

That’s a significant issue, one that didn’t just start with the Trump administration by any stretch of the imagination. Over the decades, Congress has been handing its regulatory responsibilities over to the executive branch by passing laws giving authority to various departments such as the ATF and FDA. It’s been that way so long no one can really fathom it not working that …Read the Rest

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