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by TylerE 2439 days ago
Whens the last time the US government unbanned something?
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The incandescent light bulb regulations were undone last month. I dunno if that counts as unbanning since the rules weren't coming into effect until 2020.

Dodd Frank was partially repealed last year

Industrial hemp production was also unbanned last December

Sure the federal assault weapons ban that expired on 2004.

Oh, forgot the other big one, restriction on embryonic stem cell research in 2009.

Alright 15 years
Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?
> Whens the last time the US government unbanned something?

A number of types of transactions Americans might make involving Cuba were unbanned in 2016.