The ATF announced it was shelving plans to ban certain types of AR-15 ammo this week but Dem Rep Eliot Engel didn’t miss a beat proposing a bill to ban AR-15 “armor-piercing” ammo.
“Armor-piercing rounds like green tips should only be in the hands of military personnel or police officers, period. There is absolutely no compelling argument to be made for anyone else to have access to them. But the out-of-touch gun industry lobby is fighting tooth and nail to keep cop-killing ammunition on the streets. We need to speak up on behalf of our police officers and say ‘stop the madness.”
Apparently Engel missed the memo from law enforcement officials who have said the M855 ammo poses no greater threat than other types of ammunition. Right behind Engel is Rep Jackie Speier who, the Hill reports, plans to intro a bill of her own to ban the ammo as well! These progressives are picking up where the Obama administration left off in this never-ending quest to disarm the American people. Anti-gun democrats cannot be allowed to gain any ground or get any new gun laws passed, once they do it opens the door for future legislation.
We knew this recent victory would be short-lived and it’s safe to assume democrats will continue to propose more legislation to infringe on our Second Amendment rights. For whatever reason “..shall not be infringed.” is alien to them, so we must keep the pressure on and not back off from all these gun grabbers.
Elections have consequences… just imagine if conservatives did not hold power in the House and take the Senate last year?! God only knows the kind of fight we would be in right now!
House bill would ban AR-15 bullet
By Tim Devaney The Hill
Democrats are pressing new legislation in the House that would ban forms of armor-piercing ammunition.
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) is pushing the Armor Piercing Bullets Act following the Obama administration’s decision earlier this week to withdraw a controversial proposal that would restrict 5.56 mm projectiles for M855 cartridges commonly used in AR-15 rifles.
“Armor-piercing rounds like green tips should only be in the hands of military personnel or police officers, period,” Engel said. “There is absolutely no compelling argument to be made for anyone else to have access to them.”
“But the out-of-touch gun industry lobby is fighting tooth and nail to keep cop-killing ammunition on the streets. We need to speak up on behalf of our police officers and say ‘stop the madness, ’” he added.
Engel’s legislation, expected to be introduced Friday, would restrict the sale of the 5.56 mm projectiles, which can can penetrate police body armor.
“Deers do not wear body armor,” a spokesman for Engel joked. “No, I have never met a deer that walks around in Kevlar.”…Read More