Green tip, M855 5.56mm ammunition is photographed Monday, March 2, 2015, in Fort Washington, Md. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is proposing the ban of “M855 green tip” or “SS109” rounds with certain types of metal cores. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
By Lee Williams

Published: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 2:59 p.m.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can’t seem to do anything right.

Sputtering and wheezing like an asthmatic with a sucking-chest wound, the ATF lurches from one high-profile disaster to another, starting fights it can’t finish, and then meekly calling …read more

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