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UPDATE: ATF Tries to Calm Fears on Ammo Ban, Says Nothing Has Taken Effect (Yet) - mikereddot - 03-15-2015
UPDATE: ATF Tries to Calm Fears on Ammo Ban, Says Nothing Has Taken Effect (Yet)
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has backed away from what first appeared to be an immediate plan to ban a popular type of ammunition, and now claims that some confusion was caused by a “publishing mistake.”
In February, the ATF published a new framework for deciding what ammunition is “primarily intended for sporting purposes” and thus can be exempted from a federal ban on armor piercing ammo. The ATF also put out a regulation guide that didn’t including a current listing of exceptions, including the popular M855 cartridge that’s used in the AR-15 rifle.
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RE: UPDATE: ATF Tries to Calm Fears on Ammo Ban, Says Nothing Has Taken Effect (Yet) - bradberry - 03-16-2015
(03-15-2015, 10:01 PM)mikereddot Wrote: UPDATE: ATF Tries to Calm Fears on Ammo Ban, Says Nothing Has Taken Effect (Yet)
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has backed away from what first appeared to be an immediate plan to ban a popular type of ammunition, and now claims that some confusion was caused by a “publishing mistake.”
In February, the ATF published a new framework for deciding what ammunition is “primarily intended for sporting purposes” and thus can be exempted from a federal ban on armor piercing ammo. The ATF also put out a regulation guide that didn’t including a current listing of exceptions, including the popular M855 cartridge that’s used in the AR-15 rifle.
FULL STORY
Leave it up to the Dems to try a ban on it now.