[familyop]

"Some creative EOs could go far to choke out the firearms industry. Nothing “infringed” per se, but no way to practically function beyond homemade muskets either. Near nobody can make a gun, and feed it, to modern standards without being a big enough business that can be shut down by prohibitive regulations.

That would still be an obvious infringement, per se.


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Infringe \In*fringe"\, v. i.
     1. To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or
        law; to injure; to offend.
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     2. To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as,
        to infringe upon the rights of another.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Infringe \In*fringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infringed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Infringing.] [L. infringere; pref. in- in + frangere
     to break. See Fraction, and cf. Infract .]
     1. To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill
        or obey; as, to infringe a law, right, or contract.
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              If the first that did the edict infringe,
              Had answered for his deed.            --Shak.
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              The peace . . . was infringed by Appius Claudius.
                                                    --Golding.
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     2. To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to
        infringe delight or power. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  per se
      adv 1: with respect to its inherent nature; "this statement is
             interesting per se" [syn: intrinsically, per se, as
             such, in and of itself]

[ctdonath2]

Of course it’s infringement ... but then you have to make that argument after the fact, when Progressives have created a system (by EO) where anyone is allowed any weapon, with the well-established norm of merely (!) requiring paperwork and modest (!) taxes, and sorry if no business can attain the reasonable (!) standards needed to safely (!) regulate such a dangerous product.

We’ve already given them power of regulation, paperwork, taxation, certification, etc over gun ownership. Don’t be surprised if they use it.