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Following the delay of an ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives rule change over M855 green tip ammo, a number of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are pursuing a ban.

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The ATF said 25 groups ranging from law enforcement, ammo companies, and both gun control and pro-gun lobbies participated in the meetings.

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In the wake of the announcement this week that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will delay a ruling over M855 green tip ammo, some are questioning ammunition bans both in the recent past and near future.

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Larry Keane, General Counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, stating its position on FOX News on Friday, February 27, 2015, made an admirable case for stopping the rogue federal agency...

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The ban on switchblade knives and armor piercing handgun ammunition have the same genesis: Emotional, irrational media campaigns that resulted in bad law...

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The 17-page document puts a popular type of 5.56mm ammunition -- M855 cartridges equipped with SS109 bullets -- under scrutiny. M855, recognized by its green tip, are standardized military rounds.

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The ATF and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, an gun industry trade group, settled in a case over a FOIA request about how the agency classifies ammo types that was filed 15 months ago.

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Following a controversial ruling that banned a specific type of surplus Russian ammo, three congressmen penned a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives asking it to clarify its ruling on armor piercing ammunition.

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A U.S. congressman made an official inquiry into whether or not the ATF has plans to ban the importation of the 7N6 offering of the 5.45x39 cartridge, and gun groups are already calling for action based on the speculations.

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These questions are even more important since California has enacted legislation that will ban the use of traditional lead ammunition in hunting...

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Taken together, these two separate proposals from these two separate groups create a perfect storm that could potentially result in an absolute ban on almost all ammunition...

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The ATF is taking public comments on its website until December 31, with regard to how it should determine what types of projectiles meet the "sporting purposes" exception to the federal "armor piercing ammunition" law...

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