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BATFE To Ban AR-15 Ammo
By de Andréa
March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015
In a move clearly intended by Obama to again ignore and
violate U.S. Constitutional law by suppressing the acquisition, ownership and
use of AR-15s and other .223 caliber general purpose rifles, the tax collecting
department called the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, unexpectedly announced that it intends to ‘ban’ all commonplace M855 ball
ammunition by re-designating it as “armor piercing ammunition.” The decision
continues Obama’s abuse of his executive authority to impose illegal gun
control restrictions and bypass Congress and the law.
By way of background, federal law imposed in 1986 prohibits
the manufacture, importation, and sale by licensed manufacturers or importers,
but not possession, of “a projectile core which may be used in a handgun or long gun and which is
constructed entirely . . . from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel,
iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium.”
M855, does not, however, have a core made of the metals
listed in the law; rather, it has a traditional lead core with a steel tip, and
therefore should never have been considered “armor piercing.” Nonetheless,
BATFE previously declared M855 to be “armor piercing ammunition,” but granted
it an exemption as a projectile “primarily intended to be used for sporting
purposes.”
Now, however, the illegal BATFE says that
it will henceforth grant the “sporting purposes” exception to
only two categories of projectiles:
Category I: .22 Caliber
Projectiles
A .22 caliber projectile that otherwise would be classified
as armor piercing ammunition under 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)(B) will be considered
to be “primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes” under section
921(a)(17)(C) if the projectile weighs 40 grains or less AND is loaded into a rim-fire
cartridge only. The 223/5.56 caliber AR15 is a center fire cartridge.
Category II: All Other
Caliber Projectiles
Except as provided in Category I (.22 caliber rim-fire),
projectiles that otherwise would be classified as armor piercing ammunition
will be presumed to be “primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes”
under section 921(a) (17) (C) if the projectile is loaded into a cartridge for
which the only handgun that is readily available in the ordinary channels of
commercial trade is a single shot handgun. ATF nevertheless retains the
discretion to deny any application for a “sporting purposes” exemption if substantial
evidence exists that the ammunition is not primarily intended for such
purposes.
Well this is clearly a violation and ignorance of
constitutional law. Anyone with any
knowledge of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution knows that the intention
of the right or law is not a sporting one. The intention and purpose was and is clearly for
the defense of freedom. Read it for
yourself: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of
the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The necessity of the law or right is clearly for the …”security of a free State.”
The only sporting
purpose might be in hunting the criminal law breaking bureaucrats in the
federal government.
Write Your Lawmakers and BATFE
BATFE is proposing to ban common rifle ammunition used by
millions of gun owners. If their proposal is approved, it will result in a ban
on the sale of commonly sold rifle ammunition used by gun owners for hunting,
target shooting and self-defense. Write the BATFE and your members of Congress
and express your opposition to this proposal. You may call your members of
Congress at 202-224-3121.
The BATFE has already taken three major executive actions
on gun control. First, it was a major change to what activities constitute regulated “manufacturing” of
firearms. Next, BATFE reversed a less than
year old position on firing a shouldered “pistol.” Now, BATFE has released a“Framework for Determining
Whether Certain Projectiles are ‘Primarily Intended for Sporting Purposes’
Within the Meaning of 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)(c)”, which would
eliminate M855’s exemption to the armor piercing ammunition prohibition and
make future exemptions nearly impossible.
THE BOTTOM LINE:
Splitting hairs
They can’t legally ban Firearms so they think they can ban a part of the
firearm which
will essentially make the firearm useless and the American right to defend
Freedom impossible. Which of course
is the ultimate intention.
The Framers meant the citizens to be as least as equally
armed as the government. Read your
history my friend.
A little
background on the BATFE:
First it was called the ATF a sub-department of the IRS to
collect special taxes on Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, which were all
considered by the IRS to be non-essential vices. It illegally evolved into a bureau all its
own and created its own military and laws and bureaucracy now called the Bureau
of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives which are all considered to be
illegal, immoral and or taxable, sort of payola. If you pay the soborno and you can be
immoral. It is just another an
unconstitutional loose cannon that should be abolished. It has become the enforcers of the often
abused DOJ. The whole thing is
reminiscent of the Cosa Nostra or Mafia or even the Gestapo.
"The strongest reason for the people to retain
the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves
against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson
"None but an armed nation can dispense
with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all
times important, but especially so at a moment when rights the most essential
to our welfare have been violated." --Thomas Jefferson to -----,
1803. ME 10:365
Thanks for listening – de Andréa
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for them to hear the truth.
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