Friday, February 27, 2015

"Obama to ban bullets..."

"by executive action, threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this month revealed that it is proposing to put the ban on 5.56 mm ammo on a fast track...

The inexpensive 5.56 M855 ammo, commonly called lightgreen tips, have been exempt for years, as have higher-caliber ammunition that also easily pierces the type of soft armor worn by police, because it's mostly used by target shooters, not criminals. The agency proposes to reclassify it as armor-piercing and not exempt.

But now BATFE says that since the bullets can be used in semi-automatic handguns they pose a threat to police and must be banned from production, sale and use. But, as Goodlatte noted, the agency offered no proof. Federal agencies will still be allowed to buy the ammo.

"This round is amongst the most commonly used in the most popular rifle design in America, the AR-15. Millions upon millions of M855 rounds have been sold and used in the U.S., yet ATF has not even alleged — much less offered evidence — that even one such round has ever been fired from a handgun at a police officer," said Goodlatte's letter.

3 comments:

Methadras said...

This is total and utter bullshit. Steel tipped or green tipped .223/5.56 rounds are not armor piercing to the best of my knowledge. Also, they are not cheap either. Depending on where you go and brand, they can run from $.20 - to $.75 a round. Also, AR's are not cheap weapons to come buy, so this idea that criminals will be using AR's to commit crimes or look to penetrate police armor is moronic fear mongering. I hope the BATFE gets this bullshit shut down fast. All it does is make people buy and horde and put a run on these products.

The Obama administration sure hates guns alright. This administration has been the best thing the gun industry ever had.

Third Coast said...

Lem, you can't post fast enough to keep up with the crap coming out of the Jug-Eared Jesus' alphabet agencies. Now we've got 35,000 Lerner emails that the IT guys at the IRS say nobody asked them to locate. But Obama's innocent because they can't find his fingerprints on the emails. We're don't have a President, we have a Mafia Don.

edutcher said...

He wants to see how far he can go before the adults step on him.

Willie is a 3 year old and will go all stompy foot if you actually bring up his failures and shortcomings (he has a kink, you know). Selfie hasn't gotten out of the Terrible Twos.

Be nice if the Demos could give us a nominee with an emotional maturity somewhere in double digits.