.223 ban

[Sangersteve]

In yet another move to infringe on firearms owners across America the Obama administration is trying to ban one of the most common projectiles for the wildly popular AR-15 rifle. By designating .223 M-855 62-grain projectiles as, "Armor Piercing", they will prohibit these popular and inexpensive bullets from getting to those of us who like to shoot without spending a lot of money. The reality that these bullets are not armor piercing at all doesn't seem to matter to the rabidly anti-gun Obama administration; instead they seem to have an agenda to push forward.

[grouchy]

It will not happen. But the mere hint of the ban will cause a buying frenzy. Ammo companies will love it.

[Mark]

A litmus test for any 2016 presidential candidate should be a pledge to rescind every Obama executive order on his/her first day in office.

[ralph]

ditto Mark and I hope that Grouchy is correct in his thinking .

[planosteve]

Homeland Security has stockpiled 2.5 billion bullets and they don't want American citizens shooting back to be able to do much damage.

[grouchy]

I have never owned or even fired a .223. We do have some city relatives that are into doing the spray and pray type shooting. I allow them to come out here and shoot on our range. Anyway, I decided to look up the armor piercing question. It turns our that ap ammo is available for the .223.

[Grassman]

I would guess these idiots trying to ban this 223 round know nothing about it, just because its associated with the dreaded AR15, it must be bad. It's a .22 caliber bullet.

[Red Oak]

The BATFe has "banned" a crap load of specific types of ammo over the years that may be fired in a handgun, this is just another type of specific projectiles added to the list.