Through executive action, Obama has banned ammo for the top-selling AR-15 style semi-automatic, labeling them ‘cop killers’, and The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will put the ban of 5.56 mm ammo on a fast track, which already driving up price and demand.
Gun stores are now reporting an increase in price of 30% and an increase in demand of 1000%.
Wednesday night, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, stepped in with a critical letter to the bureau demanding it explain the surprise and abrupt bullet ban. The letter is shown below.
The National Rifle Association, which is working with Goodlatte to gather co-signers, told Secrets that30 House members have already co-signed the letter and Goodlatte and the NRA are hoping to get a total of 100 fast.
“The Obama administration was unable to ban America’s most popular sporting rifle through the legislative process, so now it’s trying to ban commonly owned and used ammunition through regulation,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA-ILA, the group’s policy and lobby shop. “The NRA and our tens of millions of supporters across the country will fight to stop President Obama’s latest attack on our Second Amendment freedoms.”
At issue is so-called “armor-piercing” ammunition, an exemption for those bullets mostly used for sport by AR-15 owners, and the recent popularity of pistol-style ARs that use the ammo.
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.
Even some police don’t buy the administration’s claim. “Criminals aren’t going to go out and buy a $1,000 AR pistol,” Brent Ball, owner of 417 Guns in Springfield, Mo., and a 17-year veteran police officer told the Springfield News-Leader. “As a police officer I’m not worried about AR pistols because you can see them. It’s the small gun in a guy’s hand you can’t see that kills you.”
Many see the bullet ban as an assault on the AR-15 and Obama’s back-door bid to end production and sale.
“We are concerned,” said Justin Anderson with Hyatt Gun Shop in Charlotte, N.C., one of the nation’s top sellers of AR-15 style rifles. “Frankly, we’re always concerned when the government uses back-door methods to impose quasi-gun control.”
Groups like the National Shooting Sports Foundation suggest that under BATFE’s new rule, other calibers like popular deer hunting .308 bullets could be banned because they also are used in AR platforms, some of which can be turned into pistol-style guns. “This will have a detrimental effect on hunting nationwide,” said the group.
he lied and is doing all he can to destroy this nation . he has had kerry sign a illegal treaty with the un . and is now using executive orders to enforce that treaty . next will be inviting blue beanie troops ( un troops from foreign nations ) to enforce his unconstitutional orders .
Sweet I got some it just jumped to 100 bucks a box.
Really . Ok ma’am. What you think gas no basis of fact. Read the law.,you folks are so eager to gobble on this dear gases b.s . I am an American. I don’t scare .. All you folks in my political party have gotten so afraid of everything that you hide in your houses in front of your televisions getting more lazy by the minute..,the biggest enemy to this country is not the left orcnuslims or this current president. It is the laziness and stupidly of writhe American people.. Be strong intelligent educated and healthy and then stand united . This kind of silliness sickens me..
Douche In Chief. Just over a year to go with his C**p and Raping of America
If we had constitutionally minded elected officials – in both houses, they just might have the power to write and submit legislation to stop his action. However, they are all in bed together.
No one else is reporting this.
Lol this is a bogus story and it’s talking about something he attempted clean back in May the atf and the house shot it down a president cannot use excecutive order to change constitutional rights without a vote of the people and the house and Senate no matter how many of you believe he can
This is a 72nd story it got shot down cause the atf said the would not in force a round that is used also by our military and police forces and more than half of congress and house said if he kept trying to use the back door gun control impeachment hearings would follow
sad bs
Obama thank you he is one the best for selling guns and ammo in the industry the manufactures can’t keep up with demand