[Cboldt]

- -And just how do the Federales get to tell Winchester what legal products may or may not sell on the open market? --

Contract law. Make purchase conditional on exlcusive rights to purchase.

It's monopolistic behavior when private companies with substantial market share do this, but the government is not bound by any law.

[ConservativeInPA]

but the government is not bound by any law.

Nothing short of a revolution will change that.