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by evancox100 2103 days ago
> Do I not have a right to buy a product ad use it?

Clearly, Western society has decided for some time you do not have this right. Numerous products are banned, sometimes for good reasons, other times purely for the benefit of one private actor(s) over another. Generally we use a "democratic", legislative, rule-of-law based process to decide these issues, for all it's numerous flaws. One of the problems in this instance is the capriciousness of the decision, though FWIW it does seem at least loosely based in "national security" powers delegated to the president by Congress.

There will always be such bans on specific commerce. We need a return to a functioning legislative branch, responsive to the needs of the people.