Probably the most chilling thing about the book Gun Laws of America, Every Federal Gun Law on the Books (http://www.amazon.com/Gun-Laws-America-6th-Edition/dp/188963...) is how many of the ones restricting the government or are otherwise favorable to gun owners were somehow never incorporated into the U.S. Code. In the last "Statutes at Large" chapter of the 5th edition are 28 items, each from a separate bill that was passed.
Note that on its face, not incorporating all the language of bills into the U.S. code is frequently reasonable, e.g. N words that result in changing "10 years" into "15 years". Or legality neutral funding language. But the 28 examples Korwin and company found are not innocent.
I wonder how many other examples might be found in other fields of law....
Probably the most chilling thing about the book Gun Laws of America, Every Federal Gun Law on the Books (http://www.amazon.com/Gun-Laws-America-6th-Edition/dp/188963...) is how many of the ones restricting the government or are otherwise favorable to gun owners were somehow never incorporated into the U.S. Code. In the last "Statutes at Large" chapter of the 5th edition are 28 items, each from a separate bill that was passed.
Note that on its face, not incorporating all the language of bills into the U.S. code is frequently reasonable, e.g. N words that result in changing "10 years" into "15 years". Or legality neutral funding language. But the 28 examples Korwin and company found are not innocent.
I wonder how many other examples might be found in other fields of law....