Over the weekend, the news broke that the clowns at the ATF are at it again, this time proposing a ban on M855/SS109 ammunition. Their reasoning? To “protect the lives and safety of law enforcement officers from the threat posed by ammunition capable of penetrating a protective vest when fired from a handgun.”
What the ATF is essentially saying is that because M855 can be fired from an AR pistol, and it will defeat the body armor most commonly worn by law enforcement (level 2A), the ammunition should be reclassified as “armor piercing” handgun ammunition. From the NRA:
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