Monday, February 16, 2015

Proposed ATF Ban on M855 5.56x45mm Ammunition: My lettter to the ATF (APAComments@atf.gov)


ATTN: AP Ammo Comments on Proposed Ban of M855 5.56x45mm Ammunition


BATFE Office of Regulatory Affairs, Enforcement Programs and Services,

We are writing to voice opposition to the BATFE's proposed “banning” of M855 Green Tip 5.56x45mm ammunition. This unconstitutional and extra-legal restriction on M855 has nothing to do with public safety or protection of law enforcement, but is another example of paranoid government depriving Americans of property and freedom.

As with 7N6 5.45x39mm imported from Russia, there has never been an incident involving an attack on a member of law enforcement using M855 ammunition solely for the purpose of penetrating LEO body armor. Statistically criminals who use firearms against law enforcement are not knowledgeable enough about ammunition, or firearms, to distinguish M855 from, say, standard “Remington” .223 cal hunting ammunition.

Furthermore, as the ATF is well aware, any standard 55 grain .223 caliber bullet can penetrate level II body armor worn by most law enforcement officers. Therefore, under the argumentation of the ATF's 7N6 and proposed M855 ban, no American citizen should have access to any ammunition caliber above .22 long rifle since since most rifle ammunition, above .22 cal, can penetrate police body armor and is “armor piercing” according to the ATF's incredibly low standard for AP ammunition.

The true classification for “armor piercing” is ammunition developed to penetrate the armor of mechanized vehicles and barricades on the battlefield. The anti-gun lobby has perverted the meaning of “AP” to mean 'any ammunition that can penetrate law enforcement body armor,' which is virtually every form of rifle ammunition available to the public.

Neither 7N6 or M855 projectiles have the characteristics of military spec small arms AP ammunition, which include hardened steel, tungsten or tungsten carbide, depleted uranium, pyrophoric (or “self-sharpening on impact) cores, explosive or incendiary tips to aid in penetration, copper, or cupronickel jackets surrounding a “penetrator.” As with the 7N6 ban, the goal of a M855 ban is obvious: 'ban the ammunition and the guns will follow.'

Why, in this era of increasing active shootings, violent crime, and Islamic terror attacks, is the ATF constantly working to make Americans less capable of protecting ourselves from criminal deadly force? Why is the ATF not an advocate for American freedom and Second Amendment rights? Why, in an environment where criminals commit crimes with firearms, does the ATF seek to punish legal and lawful American gun owners with never-ending bans and restrictions on guns and ammunition?

Law enforcement officers, despite their importance in maintaining order in society, can only respond to, not prevent, attacks on innocent citizens. Federal law enforcement agencies should, therefore,  encourage and enable Americans to become more capable of protecting ourselves, not constantly depriving us of the means to do so.

Sincerely,

The American Gun Community
  
Submit comments in any of three ways (but do not submit the same comments multiple times or by more than one method):  ATF website: APAComments@atf.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.  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.





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