Understanding Government will soon issue a major report by Matthew Blake on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, pinpointing the CPSC’s unwillingness to confront manufacturers even when their products are clearly causing death and grievous injury.  When it comes to a product like nail guns, you would think CPSC would want to be out in front, but as Andrew McIntosh of the Sacramento Bee reports here, the agency has determined that a voluntary standard issued by the International Staple, Nail and Tool Association and a fairly ambiguous video you can download from the association’s web site should be enough to protect America’s construction workers and weekend carpenters.  Tens of thousands of injuries later, the CPSC has still not acted.

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