YardByrd
Member For 4 Years
"It Could Be you!" (A Personal Editorial)
What has happened to "equal treatment under the law" and Constitutional rights in America? I think they are being regulated out of existence by of all people...the federal government!
I am talking about the vaping industry. The FDA has taken away the first amendment rights of all vape business owners! Starting on August 8, 2016, they can't tell their own costumers about the products they offer. They cannot assist them with any instructions. They cannot replace parts or repair any products. They cannot advise on the safe use of the very products they sell!
Can you imagine going to buy a new chainsaw and the store owner, or counter help, not being able to say anthing at all about it? They can't say what size chain it takes. They can't tell you if it runs on unleaded, diesel, or a mixture! They can't open the box the tool is in, show it to you, or assist you in any way or answer any questions. If the chain falls off, before you walk out the door, they cannot, by law, put it back on for you or tell you how to. If it ever breaks or needs service you have to do it yourself.
Due to Goverment regulation this is what has happened to business owners in the Vaping industry.
You skeptics, and cynics, reading this, are probably thinking, "What do I care I don't vape!". So when the Constitutional rights of vapers are being violated, and nothing is done about it, it only insures more regulation and the violation of other's Constitutional rights in the future.
Do you like or own firearms? Do you own and/or operate a business and think you should have the right to help customers with deciding on a purchase, making a purchase, and the proper and safe use of that product? Are you a consumer who feels these things are normal, expected and needed? We all believe strongly in the right to have freedom of speech and freedom in the choices we make.
What would you do if, all of a sudden, you were forbidden to do these things by government regulation?
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
-Martin Niemöller
If vapers, non-vapers, smokers, concerned individuals, and lovers of Freedom, who believe in the Constitutional rights of all American citizens, don't get concerned over the loss of these rights to some....then who knows who will be next?
It could be you!
What has happened to "equal treatment under the law" and Constitutional rights in America? I think they are being regulated out of existence by of all people...the federal government!
I am talking about the vaping industry. The FDA has taken away the first amendment rights of all vape business owners! Starting on August 8, 2016, they can't tell their own costumers about the products they offer. They cannot assist them with any instructions. They cannot replace parts or repair any products. They cannot advise on the safe use of the very products they sell!
Can you imagine going to buy a new chainsaw and the store owner, or counter help, not being able to say anthing at all about it? They can't say what size chain it takes. They can't tell you if it runs on unleaded, diesel, or a mixture! They can't open the box the tool is in, show it to you, or assist you in any way or answer any questions. If the chain falls off, before you walk out the door, they cannot, by law, put it back on for you or tell you how to. If it ever breaks or needs service you have to do it yourself.
Due to Goverment regulation this is what has happened to business owners in the Vaping industry.
You skeptics, and cynics, reading this, are probably thinking, "What do I care I don't vape!". So when the Constitutional rights of vapers are being violated, and nothing is done about it, it only insures more regulation and the violation of other's Constitutional rights in the future.
Do you like or own firearms? Do you own and/or operate a business and think you should have the right to help customers with deciding on a purchase, making a purchase, and the proper and safe use of that product? Are you a consumer who feels these things are normal, expected and needed? We all believe strongly in the right to have freedom of speech and freedom in the choices we make.
What would you do if, all of a sudden, you were forbidden to do these things by government regulation?
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
-Martin Niemöller
If vapers, non-vapers, smokers, concerned individuals, and lovers of Freedom, who believe in the Constitutional rights of all American citizens, don't get concerned over the loss of these rights to some....then who knows who will be next?
It could be you!
