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At the end of February, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms issued a lengthy epistle on “determining whether certain projectiles are ‘primarily intended for sporting purposes.’” Anyone who read the 17-page memo would learn that the ATF was considering a ban on M855 ball ammunition, and that citizens had until March 16 to comment.
Now that the ATF has buckled, and bailed on the rule, we can find lessons in the wreckage. Anyone who had a glancing familiarity with gun rights or gun owners—anyone, it seems, who didn’t work for the ATF—could have predicted the next step. …read more
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