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On 20 August, the U.S. Department of State announced Russian firearms and ammunition importation will be banned for a minimum of 12 months starting 7 September 2021.<\/p>\n
New sanctions imposed include restrictions on the existing imports of certain Russian firearms. New and pending permit applications for the importation of firearms and ammunition manufactured in Russia will be summarily denied.<\/p>\n
The ban is touted as a sanction pursuant to the Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991, over the alleged Russian use of the \u201cNovichok\u201d chemical agent to poison Aleksey Navainy. <\/p>\n
Poetrooper sends.<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden\u2019s State Department announced it would deny all importation permits for ammunition manufactured in Russia on Friday, with the department citing the alleged 2020 poisoning of Russian political dissident Aleksy Navalny. <\/p>\n
The ammo ban serves as a de facto punishment for American gun owners for alleged corruption and misconduct on the part of the Russian government. Ammunition manufactured in Russia has consistently been the cheapest available since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2019, with brands such as Tula and Wolf offering steel-cased rounds in the .223 caliber at prices well below their western competitors. Steel-cased ammo is easier to manufacture than rounds cased in materials such as copper. <\/p>\n
The anti-gun measure may leave blue-collar shooters without means to practice using their weapons, although it\u2019s possible the forcible exit of Russian manufacturers from the US commercial exit will enable American manufacturers to fill the void of affordable rifle ammunition. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Another foreign policy fiasco in Joe’s long history of bad calls, right after he green-lighted Russian’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany because \u201cit\u2019s almost completely finished.\u201d No, really- so was our Keystone XL pipeline, which he shut down.<\/p>\n
This amazingly inept move won’t deter the Russians from poisoning opposition leaders- it’ll just deny Americans a source of (relatively) inexpensive ammo. That market share will eventually be serviced by domestic ammo manufacturers, negating the intended effect. <\/p>\n
Big League Politics.com<\/a><\/p>\n
Thanks, Poe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"