Well, well, well…
Seems the ATF and the administration are upping the ante on 5.56 ammo…
In a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, ATF Director B. Todd Jones said all types of the 5.56 military-style ammo used by shooters pose a threat to police as more people buy the AR-15-style pistols.
From the Washington Examiner, HERE. And the video is pretty good too…
The Civilian Marksmanship Program – successor to the Army’s former Director of Civilian Marksmanship used to be the go to place for MILSURP ammo. Of more than two dozen rounds listed for various rifles that could be used in “service match” competition, the only one qualifying as military surplus today is Greek .30-06 M2 Ball….
And the Dems are stepping up to the third rail (again)…
Congressional Democrats are urging the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to use his “existing authority” to keep “dangerous ammunition [sic] out of our communities.” “We hope that the Bureau will swiftly review comments on the proposed framework and issue a revised proposal that will address the danger posed by handguns that fire 5.56mm and other rifle ammunition” (bold is mine).
This is from The Hill online, HERE.
What worries me is those last three words… Look at the barrels one can get for a Thompson Contender set up and just think about that…
In other news, (spit) BO went on Jimmy Kimmel to finally say ‘something’ about the police getting shot in Ferguson! Really???
And I just want to know what all those protesters that are out there at midnight or one or two in the morning do for a living???
IF I were in charge of Ferguson, I’d disestablish the police department, lock the doors to city hall, throw away the key and walk away… Let them see how they like anarchy there…
And I’ll admit I’m dumb, but I don’t see how Holder can get away with what he’s doing to Ferguson! 45 agents tore the town apart, and STILL couldn’t indict a single officer, or anybody else. But the report(s), leaks, etc. seem to filled with innuendo and not a lot of facts. And I didn’t see any real comparisons of arrest rates, crime rates etc. broken out by black and white… Much less compared to other cities.
See if Nixon would actually call out the National Guard or let it burn… Speaking of Nixon, he’s been totally absent from the scene on this go-round… Guess he’s not getting talking points from BO, or he’s been told to lay low…
“IF I were in charge of Ferguson, I’d disestablish the police department, lock the doors to city hall, throw away the key and walk away… Let them see how they like anarchy there…”
That was my exact response to all this. Then seal it off and let it boil.
Build a wall around Fergusson and issue the natives with machetes.
Yup, things are messed up and BO is on the side of the lawbreakers. I just don’t get why ‘we the People’ stand for this.
Just about any centerfire ammo can penetrate common body armor. The ban is nothing but a backdoor attempt to gut the Second Amendment.
As for Ferguson, facts don’t matter. It’s all about politics and perception/deception. There’s even a growing belief among the protesters that the cops were shot as part of a conspiracy by white supremacists to make the protesters look bad.
STx- Yep!
LL- Hell, they’ve got enough illegal guns now… East St. Louis and all that…
Randy- Because they’re afraid of being labeled racist or having their business/home burned in the middle of the night…
Tim- Exactly on BOTH counts… KKK? Really??? Sigh
I remind the BATFEIEIO and the DemoCommies that “…NOW that there are Pistols that can shoot Rifle Ammo…” that, once again, they are a Pack of Lying Despots. Why?
The Universal Enforcer, firing .30 Carbine Ammo (which the Old Timers out there can remember when the Gooberment used to SELL its Surplus in that Caliber to the CIVILIAN MARKET) came out in….
1963!
So does 52 YEARS AGO means NOW?
1. Correct; most any center-fire cartridge will penetrate common NIJ Class IIIA vests, which most cops wear because they still allow flexibility.
2. No one seems to recall the FiveseveN handgun which, upon its release, people seemed to think would be responsible for the deaths of many many cops. Not so. Further, in 41 years of copdom (still working) I have NEVER come across, for example, a Thompson Contender on the streets, carried by a common gangbanger or thug.
BZ
You’re correct sir. I remember the whole banning thing over the SS109 ammo for the 5.7 too!
You mean SS190 right?
Don’t you hate transposing the digits?
Facts don’t matter. All whites hate all blacks. Holder/DOJ were there because somebody had to do something.
And the check’s in the mail.
+1
Let them ban rifle ammo. At best, it gets the ATF destroyed in court, and continues our progress on rolling back dumb laws. At worst, well, 4th box of liberty is in play.
Claire Wolff called it, we’re truly at that “awkward stage”
Les- Good point…
Rev/WSF- Yeah… sigh
Heath- Yes sir, you are right!
Somewhere in the last couple days I read they are now looking at .223.
Recently, a guest lecturor at my church mentioned “lack of objective truth” and it sank in.
If there is no real truth you can believe anything you want – facts don’t matter. Then do what you feel like doing.
Stock up mow, and add bullets, primers, and powder to the list.
And I think we’re right *at* Claires “tipping point”!
As the Chinese curse goes: “May you live in interesting times.” We shall see.
You know, I’ve always subscribed to the “if it’s time to bury our rifles it’s past time to use them”.
If the metric changes to “it’s time to stock up on reloading components because the Feds have decided common ammo isn’t legal”, it’s damned sure time to lock and load.
Court gets it’s chance, then it’s on.
PH- I hadn’t heard that, but it makes sense.
Drjim/Heath- very possible.
Keads- yeah, and I’m NOT liking it…