Friday, March 6, 2015

Common AR-15 Green Tip Ammunition Already Banned in New ATF Regulation Guide

Via Joe


On Friday February 13 at 4:00 pm, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms released a proposal to ban commonly used M855 "green tip" AR-15 ammunition under the guise of law enforcement safety. The same day the proposal was released, on a Friday of a three day holiday weekend, ATF opened up a shortened 30-day period for the public to submit comments about the new regulation.

But it turns out, ATF has been working on a ban of AR-15 "green-tip" ammunition for quite some time and has already issued the ban in its new, 2014 Regulation Guide. For reference, ATF Regulation Guides come out approximately every ten years.

When you take a look at the 2005 ATF Regulation Guide, you'll see an exemption for AR-15 "green-tip" ammunition, which means it exempted from the definition of "armor piercing" and therefore is legal on the federal level.

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 4:19 PM

    Yeh well.. this is not really much of a shock to anyone who actually read the UN small arms treaty as it SPECIFICLY bans ALL" POSSETION of Ammunition capable of penetrating military or civilian body armor and not directly under the control and oversight of a national government". Obama signed it, now he is enforcing it. You can bet that 50 BMG AND .30CAL. M2AP are up next . AND SOON.

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  2. SCextremistMarch 6, 2015 at 5:18 PM

    I saw this today. I suppose many of us would've doubled (or more!) our on hand supply of 855 ammo.
    http://mobile.wnd.com/2015/03/obamas-bullet-grab-sparks-rebellion/

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  3. EricMarch 6, 2015 at 10:40 PM

    Now ATF is saying it was a typo...yeah...right

    https://twitter.com/atfhq/status/574029776224186368

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  4. Brock TownsendMarch 6, 2015 at 10:43 PM

    Yup, rightttttttt. Thanks.

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