BATF wants to make more ammo types ILLEGAL

The EPA does not want us to use Lead, now the BATF does not want us to use anything other than lead...not surpised.
 
Actually, that's not the case at all. Here's the quote directly from the ATF's site:

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has received requests to exempt certain projectiles from regulation as armor piercing ammunition under 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)(B)(ii) of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
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You can read the whole thing here.
 
You are naive beyond belief. :(

I quote from the NRA release.........

"Last week, BATFE met separately with gun control activist groups, firearm industry groups, and groups representing hunters and other gun owners. The latter meeting included the NRA; Safari Club International; representatives of state wildlife agencies; and firearm and ammunition importers.

BATFE has expressed two opinions about the law and exemption that warrant particular scrutiny.

First, BATFE suggested that it believes that the "armor piercing ammunition" law was intended to affect all ammunition capable of penetrating soft body armor worn by law enforcement officers. NRA reminded BATFE that the law was intended to protect law enforcement officers against the potential threat posed a very narrowly-defined category of projectiles: those, such as KTW and Arcane, which by virtue of their hard metal construction were designed and intended to be used by law enforcement officers to shoot through hard objects, such as automobile glass and doors, when fired at the velocities typical of handgun-caliber ammunition fired from handguns. Neither before nor since the law's enactment, has an officer been killed due to such a bullet penetrating soft body armor.

NRA further pointed out that the legislative history of the law clearly shows that members of Congress, including the sponsor of the law in the House, Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.), a decorated former NYPD police officer, expressly did not want the law to restrict rifle-caliber bullets that happen to also be useable in handguns chambered to use rifle cartridges.

Second, BATFE says it considers projectiles to not be exempt under the "sporting purposes" test if they "pose a threat to public safety and law enforcement." BATFE also expressed concern that since the law was adopted, various new rifle-caliber handguns have been invented. On that point, NRA made clear that the sporting purposes exemption is straightforward: it applies to all projectiles that are "primarily intended for sporting purposes"--nothing more, and nothing less. Under the law, a projectile would be exempt if it is primarily intended for sporting purposes, even if it is secondarily intended for self-defense or some other legitimate purpose. Furthermore, the law does not condition its restrictive language or its "sporting purposes" exemption on the design of a particular handgun; the law is concerned only with specific projectiles that can be used in handguns. NRA cautioned the BATFE against interpreting the law in a manner more restrictive than Congress intended."


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How can the ATF create more restrictions without the approval of congress, or is it more of that BS where "congress delegated its powers" like with Bernanke and the Federal Reserve.
 
In this case the BATFE is taking comments on the "sporting purposes" exemption of "armor piercing" ammunition that can be used in handguns. That law was passed many years ago after the big hulabaloo over KTW "cop killer" bullets. The headline says it all:

BATFE Taking Comments on "Sporting Purposes" Exemption to "Armor Piercing Ammunition" Law Until Dec. 31

i wish folks would read stuff before going off the deep end.
 
So let me make sure I understand this, the ATF is taking comments about exempting certain ammunition from the armor-piercing ammo ban. This means that the ATF is considering making certain ammo which was previously illegal once again legal. Have I got it straight?
 
The other way around, I think.. they're taking comments on the exemption, meaning they're trying to un-apply the exemption to some rifle rounds that can be used in pistols that use rifle chamberings..
 
If they cannot make stronger body armor at the cost they like how is that the problem of gun owners & the industry? Do we have to be limited to the rounds they say now so that they can have another edge on the rest of us? Not to mention they can have fully auto, gas,grenades and such the rest of us cannot. No surprise to me police states have always outlawed everything they believe is a threat to their controll. China, Korea, Germany, U.k, well all the rest of the world really.
 
It appears that many of you are unaware that the BATF can
hold hearings and have comment periods before changing their "rulings" on various regulations which are already law.

This is how they DEFINE what weapons and ammo are allowed under the various federal laws.

Once they make a "ruling" it carries the force of law UNLESS
the NRA or someone else sues them in court and wins.

I will give you an example......

http://www.atf.gov/regulations-rulings/rulings

http://www.atf.gov/regulations-rulings/rulings/atf-rulings/atf-ruling-94-2.pdf

The BATF ruled that the "streetsweeper" shotgun , a manually operated shotgun with an 18 inch barrel could no longer be sold as a shotgun.

They declared it a Destructive Device and reclassified it as an NFA weapon BECAUSE it didn't meet the definition of
"sporting purposes"

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The first time the "sporting purposes" clause of the GCA was applied to a long gun was in 1984 when a shotgun was banned from import. Im 1986 another shotgun was banned by a BATF letter to the importer. In 1989 over 40 semi-auto rifles were banned from import under the "sporting purposes " clause. After the AWB went into effect more guns were banned from import under the "sporting pruposes" clause of the GCA 1968. No hearings were held and no comments were taken prior to any of the above actions.
 
You are naive beyond belief.

I quote from the NRA release.........
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Under-handed insults won't get you very far around here.

And, going from calling some one naive, to using the NRA as your source is ...questionable... at best.

Even as a life member, I take everything form the NRA with a grain of salt, and consider about 50% of it to qualify as disinformation or political BS. The NRA plays politics and omits vital information (even with its members) more than any other political organization I follow.



The BATFE website states that the subject is open for comments. That's all that's important.

The NRA's involvement is ...dubious. Half the time, the ATF only gets the NRA involved because they know that the NRA will compromise and cave on nearly everything, where GOA, IFOA, GOAL, NAGR, and similar groups will not consider any compromise.
 
in other words, part of a gov. that can do whatever they want
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The lettered agencies have a long history of using the "better to ask forgivness than permission" method of doing things.
 
We need to read the following very, very carefully (quoted from the BATF website - my highlighting):

[size=+1]ATF has received requests to exempt certain projectiles from regulation as "armor piercing ammunition"[/size].

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has received requests to exempt certain projectiles from regulation as "armor piercing ammunition" under 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)(B)(ii) of the Gun Control Act of 1968. In this regard, ATF is seeking public comments on specific projectiles or projectile cores which may be used in a handgun and which are constructed entirely from one or a combination of tungsten, alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium, copper, or depleted uranium, and whether these projectiles or projectile cores pose a threat to public safety and law enforcement, or are, "primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes" and therefore may be exempted from classification as "armor piercing ammunition."

All interested persons may submit comments to APAComments@atf.gov by December 31, 2012. Comments not received by or before December 31, 2012 will not be considered. All comments must include your name and mailing address. Comments are subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
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Compare the above with the actual statute, 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)(B)(i & ii):

(B) The term “armor piercing ammunition” means—
(i) a projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium; or

(ii) a full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile.​
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The part I bolded, in the above quote, is not found in the actual statute (also quoted), at issue. The BATF simply does not have the authority to modify the statute to read it as the BATF having some authority to treat projectiles as a threat to public safety or law enforcement. It is however, what the lower courts have been successfully using to negate our rights in the many gun cases. While not outright hostile to projectiles, I see this as a (so far) court sanctioned power-grab.

We only have until Dec. 31st to respond to this action. As Glenn reminds us, we need to be polite and respectful. Yet we also need to be firm in our responses.
 
The BATFE website states that the subject is open for comments. That's all that's important.
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It's not really important. They were open for comments before they mandated the reporting requirement for semi-auto rifles in border states. That doesn't mean they took any of them into consideration.

I'm not saying not to comment. But what's the use? Does anyone really think an ATF run by Obama is going to work with us, rather than against us?
 
And by the definitions of "Armor Piercing Ammo" we have to be careful with the 410's like the Judge line...... that's why the Duplex slugs for the 410 suddenly became extinct in this country. And by the same token, Heavy Shot or certain other nontoxic options could suddenly become verboten.
 
As a federal pogue, I'm here to say, comments from individual citizens are meaningless here. I nonetheless intend to file mine, with all the eloquence I can muster. But these rules will pass easily, unless some heavy weight is brought to bear against them. God have mercy upon the men responsible for this entire "sporting purposes" misdirection, root and branch. The mendacity behind it raises a stench of corruption to the heavens.
 
Had to look up pogue. In any event, reading the statute suggests that solid copper handgun ammunition could be classified as "armor piercing," hence the request to exempt them from the regulation. Which would explain why there have been requests received (undoubtedly from the industry) to assure no legal problems down the road. This, to me any way, is exactly the opposite of what the NRA is saying...why is that?
 
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