{"id":58577,"date":"2015-03-06T08:03:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T13:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58577"},"modified":"2015-03-05T18:18:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T23:18:54","slug":"congress-opposes-green-tip-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=58577","title":{"rendered":"Congress opposes “green tip” ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Washington Times<\/a> reports that 239 members of Congress have signed a letter to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Todd Jones asking that he oppose the current moves the agency is planning to ban 5.56mm “green tip” ammunition that is used in most AR style rifles. <\/p>\n

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said this week that President Obama supports the move because he believes a prohibition on armor-piercing bullets will save the lives of law-enforcement officers.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ATF should refocus its efforts on serious threats to law enforcement officers,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. The agency \u201chas not even alleged \u2014 much less offered evidence \u2014 that even one such round has ever been fired from a handgun at a police officer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suspect that the boneheads in the White House want to ban it because of the green paint on the tip of the bullets. Knowing how they’re scared of the appearance of most black rifles, I’m sure they think that the paint gives the ammunition certain supernatural powers. <\/p>\n

If they actually tried to fire an AR pistol, they’d realize how clumsy and unwieldy the thing is. An AR pistol is difficult to bring to bear on a target, and even harder to aim with any accuracy. Anyone using it against a cop with a holstered standard semi-automatic handgun is at a disadvantage. They should encourage criminals to use them in crimes – if the BATFE knew what they were actually doing. But that will never happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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