Gun conversion info banne

M >Has this law ever been challenged in court? I doubt if it would stand 
M >up, as long as the books are written as "here's how one would..."
M >rather than actively encouraging you to do it. Technical information
M >cannot be banned, as long as you aren't inciting violence.
M >
M >--- Mike

Sorry I'm years behind in my list reading...

Mike, recall the precedents.  FDA burning of Reich's books in the '50s as 
"labeling for an unlawful medical device" -- the Orgone Accumulator.  
Likewise FDA seizures of Scientolgy literature in the '60s as "labeling 
for an unlawful medical device" -- E-meters.  Then there are the moves 
against vitamin literature in recent FDA raids.  I don't think the courts 
have ever faced the specific issue of regulatory censorship.

DCF

Then there's the time in the early '80s when the Consumer Products Safety 
Commission banned the "Button Book."
--- WinQwk 2.0b#1165

Duncan writes:

> "labeling for an unlawful medical device" -- the Orgone Accumulator.  
> Likewise FDA seizures of Scientolgy literature in the '60s as "labeling 
> for an unlawful medical device" -- E-meters.  Then there are the moves 
> against vitamin literature in recent FDA raids.  I don't think the courts 
> have ever faced the specific issue of regulatory censorship.
> 

These cases are pre-Brandenburg v. Ohio. In Brandenburg, the Supreme Court
held that mere advocacy of illegal conduct is Constitutionally protected.


--Mike

Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com> writes:
Then there's the time in the early '80s when the Consumer Products Safety 
Commission banned the "Button Book."

Query:
	What pray is the "Button Book".