5.56 Ban

[ilovesprig]

Re: Ar 15 bullet ban

NO AMMO SHOULD BE BANNED PERIOD

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lungpopper]

Re: Ar 15 bullet ban

NO AMMO SHOULD BE BANNED PERIOD

Well said Ghost.

 

[Aeon]

Actually it should be law that ammo is always available including reloading components

 

[CMPeterson]

Actually it should be law that ammo is always available including reloading components

X2

 

[damstar]

It's only on the green steel tip m855. I don't even like to shoot it. It's expensive and kind of week. All of the other 556 NATO mil spen ball ammo is still ok a well as all 233. We can't hunt with it. It's expensive to target shoot with or ad a stock up. I don't like them adding it to th ATF law I don't like them getting in any of my business but it's not the end of the world.
There are still other 223 full steel jackets with copper over he top that one can buy fr 1/2 the price

I'll look out for flaming at this point.

It may not be the end of the world now but we live in a country where the legal system is based largely on precedents. With that in mind this sets an ominous precedent. If the ATF can arbitrarily classify ammo however they see fit in order to restrict it where does it end?

 

[longbowhunter2]

https://www.facebook.com/NationalRifleAssociation?fref=nf

NRA response to Obama ban of AR15 ammo.

https://www.nraila.org/

 

[damstar]

Looks like it is off for now

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2015/03/10/ATF-says-it-wont-proceed-with-556mm-ammo-ban/4441426012047/

ATF says it won't proceed with 5.56mm ammo ban
Published: March 10, 2015 at 3:21 PM

Doug G. Ware

WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) --WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- After public backlash to a proposal two weeks ago, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Tuesday stepped away from a proposal to outlaw the sale of armor-piercing 5.56mm ammunition.

Last month, the ATF issued a 17-page report detailing the framework for a ban on the ammunition -- which until relatively recently has strictly been available for use in semiautomatic assault rifles. New handguns capable of firing the round, however, changed the bureau's opinion regarding the legitimacy of the bullets' "sporting" interest.

After announcing the proposed ban, the bureau solicited public opinion on the matter. Tuesday, in a two-paragraph news release, the agency said it will "not at this time seek to issue a final framework" for the ban -- due to the largely critical response from the public.

"Although ATF endeavored to create a proposal that reflected a good faith interpretation of the law and balanced the interests of law enforcement, industry, and sportsmen, the vast majority of the comments received to date are critical of the framework," the bureau said, adding that some of the comments raised issues that warrant further examination.

In announcing the decision Tuesday, the ATF tweeted, "You spoke, we listened."

Despite the fact that it won't move further with the proposed ban, the ATF said it will continue to receive public comment on the matter until March 16.

Last week, an executive of the nation's largest police organization, the Fraternal Order of Police, said the ban would do little to protect law enforcement -- the ATF's stated goal with the ban -- because the steel-tipped 5.56mm ammunition has never been a bullet popular among criminals in the first place.

Other critics, including conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh, pointed the finger at President Barack Obama -- accusing his administration of attempting to outlaw AR-15 assault rifles by making their required ammunition unavailable.


© 2015 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

 

[Discounted Hunts]

Yes, but keep in mind it is one more chink in our gun rights armor. The steel core is the lowest cost plinking and target shooting ammo is where it will hunt and start driving up the price of 223 ammo even more. Then for hunting we have the very needless ban on let bullets, which forces us to use copper bullets which again are some of the highest prices bullets.

 

[TonyS]

Glad I found sinterfire for my .223.