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Write something along these lines. Include your name and address or nothing will come of it I'm contacting you to express my opposition to the BATFE's letter regarding the designation of M855/SS109, 5.56mm ammunition as armor piercing. Per "18 U.S. Code Section 921," M855 does not fit either provided definition of armor piercing as the projectile's core is neither entirely made of any of the listed metals/alloys OR has a jacket weight exceeding 25% of the projectile's total weight. Therefore, M855/SS109 should continue to be exempt as it doesn't meet the criteria defined by law to be armor piercing. Signed, XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Unfortunately the comments won't be considered unless there is a valid address in the signature.)
Thanks /u/infinityplusinfinity
more info on Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/guns/comments/2vx6pi/quick_note_to_all_of_you_writing_to_the_atf_over/...
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If we let this ammo go, it will be only one of many, like 7N6 (5.45x39). They might be coming after M882 next
Take a Stand Against this Overreach and do it NOW!
Better yet, write your representatives and demand the BATFE be disbanded for being unconstitutional.
You can thank King Obama for this. When he vowed to squeeze every bit of change in his last two years in office, he meant it.
704 days 10 hours 35 minutes and a wake up call before this bozo is sent packing.
PS, Not a big fan of M855 so it's not the end of the world, but lots of people like it and there's no legitimate reason it should be banned.
Funny - when our hijacked government banned 5.45x39, there were some who pointed out the fact they had over-stepped their authority and the law they claimed supported the ban didn't actually apply. Many wrote letters but STILL TODAY the milsurp 5.45x39 was banned for exactly the same reason. Our government has done NOTHING to correct their mistake. Opportunistic retailers raised prices across the board and the stuff is almost sold out everywhere. Since the BATF and the corrupt government figured they had gotten away with illegally banning 5.45x39, now they're taking the same action on the 5.56x45 round, however, there's a much larger population here so hopefully the government will be placed in check and this will get overturned across the board.
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Send an email to your congress reps and the ATF opposing.
From nraila.org:
ATF email: [email protected]
Fax: (202) 648-9741.
Mail: Denise Brown, Mailstop 6N-602, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Enforcement Programs and Services, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 99 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20226: ATTN: AP Ammo Comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Brown, Enforcement Programs and Services, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, U.S. Department of Justice, 99 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20226; telephone: (202) 648-7070.
if they are banning it then it must be able to compromise something they are planning in the future, doubtful it is because AR-15 pistols have become popular to many.
It is our God given right to bear arms in our constitution don't let anybody tell you any different.
You must be reading a different version than me. My right has been given to me by MAN rather than your imaginary friend.
Your comment sir, is neither well read or intelligent.
RIGHTS are understood by all thinking men through out all ages to be SELF EVIDENT and PREEXISTENT. Whether you side with the majority of the founding fathers as a Christian and see those rights as ordained supernaturally, or whether you side with Jefferson who saw rights as pertaining somehow to nature.
Even SCOTUS agrees with the above, stating very clearly that the second amendment does not create a right, it merely states one that ALREADY EXISTED.
I urge you to read more widely and not take offense when others suggest it.
Unfortunately in the U.S. today grumpy is correct. The majority of the electorate have traded their rights as a free man for the protection of the state. They have chosen to live as serfs assuming the master will protect them. It will only get worse as the man tells us what health care to buy, what we are allowed to eat, how we are allowed to dtefend ouseves. Do I need to continue with examples?
For grumpy and others like him the only rights any of us have are those rights permitted by our government! Sad but true...
This is not a website aimed at the majority of the electorate.
Writing to the BATF might be futile. Whom I'm writing to is the LOCAL elected senator for my state. These are the people we go to the polls to elect. This new AG is an appointed lackey.
A good example of why ANY gun control at any time for any reason is NOT OK. Repeal of NFA and GCA are in order. That is all. WAKE UP!
It's fait accompli, if any of you think begging will reverse this tyrannical filth you are DREAMING.
The ATF must be dismantled before this goes any further, what do you think writing a letter will do? The new AG is WORSE than holder, keep licking boot and see where it gets you.
Simplyfly, still licking the taint of others I see. How does my taint taste? Everytime you give your wife a kiss, you tasting my taint. Queef
LOL - This doesn't even make sense... about as much sense as all your other posts though so I guess no one is really surprised.
F u c k the ATF!!! The can lick our buttholes. That's how I'll be signing my letter to them,
A war is going on.. Between Us and Them
Freedom vs. Freedom-takers
Hmm, you'd be better off actually addressing what they said. M855 was NOT mentioned. It was about "sporting purposes exception".
Basically they say they're going to allow full Armor Piercing bullets in .22 cal rimfire so that gangbangers can shoot our serving peace officers all day long, and of course the BATF can have more reason to exist, more money, and more officers, but they're going to ban ANY rifle surplus they feel like, with NO exceptions. Yes, 54R will be banned too. Basically, it's the exact OPPOSITE of the original law's intent.
M855 is NOT the point here.
Read below. #1 allows gangbangers full AP with hot .22 rimfire, #2 bans rifle surplus. It's a super-special twofer. And meanwhile everyone is focused on M855 like that's the issue. It is NOT.
Here's what they ACTUALLY said:
Category I: .22 Caliber Projectiles
A .22 caliber projectile that otherwise would be classified as armor piercing ammunition under 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)(B) will be considered to be “primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes” under section 921(a)(17)(C) if the projectile weighs 40 grains or less AND is loaded into a rimfire cartridge.
Category II: All Other Caliber Projectiles
Except as provided in Category I (.22 caliber rimfire), projectiles that otherwise would be classified as armor piercing ammunition will be presumed to be “primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes” under section 921(a)(17)(C) if the projectile is loaded into a cartridge for which the only handgun that is readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade is a single shot handgun. ATF nevertheless retains the discretion to deny any application for a “sporting purposes” exemption if substantial evidence exists that the ammunition is not primarily intended for such purposes.