I've referenced everything so you can look it all up yourself. Better yet, I've found a website
I am not questioning the existence of the law.
I am questioning it’s enforceability.
In the final analysis the only protection that
public has is the integrity of the person they dealing with.
Leonid Surpin
The law has not solved the problem very well if it states that all alloys under 10K are brass.
It makes no such assertion, that was John being funny.
Well, yes and no. I ~personally~ think of anything under 50% gold to
be more like a brass than a gold. But as Jim says, that has nothing
to do with the law. It’s been gone over that there’s no real
definition of brass, either - not any more. I’m no snob, but when it
comes to gold quality I am. My rhetorical question is, “Why use
37.5% gold (9 kt) at all, it’s just a waste of gold…” I know
why, BTW, I just don’t think much of it, that’s all. Just me.
Well, yes and no. I ~personally~ think of anything under 50% gold to be more like a brass than a gold.
Hey I’ll buy that “brass scrap” at “brass scrap” prices 
CIA
I am not questioning the existence of the law. I am questioning it's enforceability. In the final analysis the only protection that public has is the integrity of the person they dealing with.
Couldn’t agree more – the entire world works on trust in people’s
ethics and integrity. And falls down on the lack of them.
The law is enforceable. The problem… is anyone enforcing it?
Without someone actually complaining on someone it is probably all
mute. You never know when the government will decide which law will
become its pet. I remember when I started writing seatbelt tickets
years ago. It was a real good way to find a drunk, btw. Everyone I
worked with gave me tons of crap about it, though. Two years later
the federal government started giving states grants IF they’d really
push seatbelt tickets (Click It or Ticket). SO now everyone has to
write seatbelt tickets, and lots of them. Like I said, you never know
when a law will become a pet law. If the government finds they can
make money seizing gold and silver that is subpar, they might just
start doing it…
(And before you give me crap on the seatbelt tickets, I specialized
in FATAL wrecks. Seatbelts are good. You DON’T get thrown clear…)
Val
The law is enforceable. The problem... is anyone enforcing it?
Hush! Don’t get them started. I sounds great to make other people
accountable but it is really great to be presumed innocent yourself.
Stephen Walker
The problem... is anyone enforcing it?
The fact is that most of us never see any enforcement. No stamp
police have ever come knocking on my door… Somebody (forget who)
told a story about an incident in Canada a few days back - I have a
bigger story. Years ago there was a chain dealer down the hall -
where Revere Academy is now, in fact. All of us jewelers knew their
chains were bunk because we’d do work on them - shortening, catch
changes and the like - and they behaved either like substandard gold
or just plain brass, gold plated. Then one day the FBI came calling.
I don’t know or remember all the details, but they were put out of
business and there was some jail time involved, as I recall. Yes, it
happens.