Posted by NCWayne on March 11, 2015 at 01:10:29 from (173.188.169.54):
In Reply to: Re: 223 ammo posted by Straw Boss on March 10, 2015 at 23:01:41:
The problem is that the '86 National Firearms Act decided that we needed to do something about 'cop killer' bullets that could defeat the soft body armor used by LE. Their thinking was that since most instances of an officer being shot happened with pistols, banning AP ammo that will fit a pistol would be a good idea.
So, they came up with a way of determining whether ammo would even be classified as AP, based on it's makeup. Then, if the ammo could be considered AP by them, and if there was a pistol that would fire it, it would be banned to protect the LE. However in certain instances the ammo could be exempted if it was deemed to be for sporting purposes only.
Here recently the ATF has decided that regardless of what the NFA states, they can ban ammo pretty much at will. one major blow they made to the gun community, and no one really fought over, was banning surplus 7N6 (5.45x 39) that is routinely used in AK74's. In its case it does have a steel penetrator, and can defeat body armor, but was not a pistol cartridge. When a mfg came out with one pistol that chambered it, and asked for permission to import said pistol, the ATF banned the ammo. As far as I know the pistol was never even imported, so currently there is no pistol available in the US that can fire the cartridge...thus no valid reason to have it banned in accordance with the '86 NFA. Still they banned it, and have no immediate plans to unban it.
In the case of the M855, it had no qualities that would make it fit the requirements to be banned as far as the make up of the bullet. The only thing they could come up with was that as a rifle cartridge, it was capable or penetrating soft armor ((((which nearly all rifle ammo can do)))) BUT since there are now a good many AR pistols that chamber the round, it needs to be banned as AP.
Basically they were trying to set a precedence that would allow them to arbitrarily ban any ammo they so chose, on the simple fact that it could penetrate soft body armor. If they could have gotten the M855 banned, without it even falling within the guidelines necessary to allow it to be banned, it would have been so easy for them to move on to any kind of ammo they wanted to.
In the end it's nothing but backdoor gun control by a regime that has taken more rights away from this country than any other....not to mention more than doubled our national debt in the same time.
Unfortunately far too many folks, yourself included I'm afraid, are way too far out of the loop on what's going on. You might not care about the 5.56/.223 ammo, and what's going on with it, but I can assure you it ultimately effects your right to own your 'hunting' rifles, and the ammo for them, whether you realize it or not. Between the attempts to completely ban lead ammo, as well as the more recent attempts, or successes to ban military surplus ammo, it's all been done with one end game in mind.....The banning of the guns themselves, or barring that, making them too hard, or expensive to buy ammo for to shoot.
That said, if your not at least a member of the NRA, I implore of you, take the time, spend the money to get a membership, and keep informed. Uninformed gun owners are the thing that anti-gunners love as it makes their jobs so much easier without the opposition.
They claim the NRA is the biggest gun lobby out there, and it is. As a result it is a HUGE influence on our representatives. Think about it, we can do all this with only 4 million or so estimated members. What all could we do if we could get the 70 million estimated gun owners all involved??? If we could do that, I don't think we'd have any problems taking our gun rights, as well as any others we've lost recently, back.
Below is a link to a web page that will allow you to sign up for a year membership for $25. This memebership also gets you a monthly magazine of your choice, be it about hunting, guns/rifles in general, or another based on the way our freedoms are being both taken and protected. In any case, they all have great information for the reader to keep them in the know about what's going on in regard to our 2A rights.
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