Unlike every other consumer product from lawn movers to teddy bears, guns are virtually unregulated for health and safety. The authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is limited to licensing firearm dealers, collecting excise taxes and tracing stolen guns. Ironically, there are more regulations on toy guns than on real guns. But there are no state or federal safety standards for the domestic manufacture of firearms. This presents us with an opportunity to decease the epidemic rates of firearm related injury and death through the implementation of industry wide safety standards.
Gun laws promoting firearm safety are unconstitutional.
No gun restriction or protection laws have ever been overturned on the basis of the 2nd Amendment by the U.S. Supreme Court or any other federal court. The Supreme Court has ruled on numerous occasions that the right to bear arms is inextricably connected to the preservation of a well regulated militia. The ordinance was challenged on the basis of the Second Amendment. The Supreme Court has ruled that firearms are not constitutionally protected mechanical devices exempt from restriction or accountability for its use. Considering that guns are merely another consumer product, laws enacted to promote consumer safety and protection are reasonable, legal, and appropriate.