Reason.com
Avalanche of Red Tape
From the Dept. of Unintended Consequences comes news that homeland security restrictions on who can handle explosives has ski areas quivering in fear of avalanches.
Explosives are used to clear dangerous patches of snow, a kind of controlled avalanche that keeps steep slopes safe. Many of the experts in the field hail from Europe, Australia, or New Zealand and they rotate across the globe with the seasons. But new regs ban non-resident aliens from handling stuff that goes boom.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was Middle Eastern gentlemen without explosives who blew things up.
Most Popular Stories
- St. Louis Cops Worry That In-Car Cameras 'Are Being Used Against Them' (5.23)
- Here Are the 15 Senators Who Voted to Stop Armed FDA Agents From Conducting Warrantless Raids on America's Farmers (Not One of Them is a Democrat) (5.24)
- Reason "Hero of Freedom" Larry Flynt's Latest Stunt? Photoshopping a Penis into Mouth of Conservative Pundit S.E. Cupp (5.24)
- When Government Privileges Trump the Rights of Citizens (5.25)
- Plastic Bag Ban Will Put Los Angeles In Landfill (5.23)
Reason RUPE: Public Opinion Survey
- Reason-Rupe: Wisconsinites Favor Increasing Public Union Retirement Contributions to Address Budget Deficit (5.25)
- Reason-Rupe Poll Finds Support for Public Union Reforms (5.25)
- New Poll: Obama Leads Romney In Wisconsin, But Gary Johnson Could Impact the Race (5.24)
- Wisconsin Recall: Walker Leads Barrett 50-42 Among Likely Voters (5.24)
- Reason-Rupe Poll: Walker Leads Barrett 50-42, Obama Leads Romney 46-36 (5.24)
advertisements
Reason on Facebook
Reason on Twitter
Reason on YouTube
Reason RSSGet Reason E-mail Updates!
Manage your Reason e-mail list subscriptionsSite comments/questions:
Media Inquiries and Reprint Permissions:
(310) 367-6109
Editorial & Production Offices:
3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd.
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 391-2245
Editor's Note: We invite comments and request that they be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of Reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment or disable your ability to comment for any reason at any time.
|1.24.03 @ 5:21AM|#
Well, I certainly wouldn't have called them gentlemen.
|1.24.03 @ 5:56AM|#
Gentiles?
|1.25.03 @ 5:07AM|#
Well, we can't be discriminatory, now can we.
John|1.26.03 @ 2:26AM|#
After watching, "Once Were Warriors", I would not trust New Zealanders with explosives.