A few thinks you can do about the M855 ban: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-batfe-banning-xm855-ammunition/XrvVh1cj And better yet I received this from LEPD's main training guy: Last November this administration closed the last lead smelting plant in America. They used EPA regulation to close all lead smelting plants in America calling lead a hazardous material, this was step one in attempting to create gun control through ammunition manufacturing. They put thousands of Americans out of work while creating an ammunition shortage along with creating outrageous pricing for ammunition. Make no mistake, this is a very thought-out plan which has been discussed within this administration since 2008. The thought process is to take ammunition out of circulation or make it so costly that the normal person cannot afford it. They are now moving forward with another step of this plan and they are using more administrative policy. This time through the BATF to ban a type of ammunition used in the most common rifle. This is referred to as the M855 Ammo Ban calling it armor-piercing. There are other rounds of ammunition on the chopping block after this ban. The plan is to chip away at the available ammunition lists until they have virtually banned most rounds of ammunition. This will be followed by a push to institute the Small Arms Treaty, if you do not know what this is, please research it and what it has done around the globe. We are the last nation that belongs to the United Nations where the citizens can own firearms. We are losing more and more rights everyday by an administration using policy to change laws and create bans. If people do not take a stand now, there will be nothing left. Please take the time and contact your representatives and follow the below instructions to let this administration know you are aware of their plans. Please do not do nothing. We are losing one of our God given rights and it is being done through illegal methods. Speak up now before we lose it all !!! The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced on Friday their intent to ban some common flavors of AR-15 ball ammo, ostensibly because of its “armor piercing” capability. You have until March 15 to register comments with the ATF on the move. Instructions for how to do that can be found here. Pro tip: for maximum effectiveness, keep it simple, clear and cogent. Below you will find an example of talking points for your letter. Gentlemen – BATFE does not have any statutory authority to prohibit civilian distribution or possession of U.S. M855 specification cartridges under 18 U.S.C. 921 (a) (17) (B), regardless of any ‘sporting purpose’ determination. Nor does BATFE have any statutory authority to prohibit civilian distribution or possession of NATO STANAG 4172 specification cartridges under 18 U.S.C. 921 (a) (17) (B), again regardless of any ‘sporting purpose’ determination. The statutory language supposedly authorizing such a prohibition, cited by Denise Brown on Page 3 of the BATFE text titled “ATF FRAMEWORK FOR DETERMINING WHETHER CERTAIN PROJECTILES ARE “PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR SPORTING PURPOSES” WITHIN THE MEANING OF 18 U.S.C. 921 (a) (17) ©”, reads: (B) The term “armor piercing ammunition” means - a projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium; or a full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile. The projectile specified in M855 specification ammunition, U.S. Army TACOM ARDEC Drawing 9342869, has a combined steel and lead metal core. 18 U.S.C. 921 (a) (17) (B) (i) applies only to projectile cores: ….constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium…. The core of the M855 projectile is not constructed entirely of steel, nor is the steel in the core of the M855 projectile combined with “tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium”. Rather, the steel in the projectile core of TACOM ARDEC Drawing 9342869 bullet is at the front of a lead metal component. These two components together, both within the projectile jacket, constitute the M855 projectile core. You can confirm this combination by reviewing U.S. Army TACOM ARDEC Drawing 9349656, which establishes the engineering requirements for the M855 projectile core. Please note the English language definition of the adverb ‘entirely’, as taken from Merriam-Webster: Definition of ENTIRELY 1 : to the full or entire extent : completely <I agree entirely> <you are entirely welcome> 2 : to the exclusion of others : solely <entirely by my own efforts> By any correct reading of the English language, the core of the M855 projectile is not composed entirely of steel, or a combination of steel with any of the other metals specified in 18 U.S.C. 921 (a) (17) (B) (i). 18 U.S.C. 921 (a) (17) (B) (ii) applies only to projectiles larger than .22 caliber, designed and intended for a handgun, so the jacket weight percentage of the .22 caliber M855 projectile is not legally relevant to a determination of the M855 cartridge’s status as ‘armor piercing ammunition’. Also MIL-C-63989C (AR), the U.S. Army specification covering M855 cartridges, does not mention handguns. Further, the gas port pressure requirements established in Section 3.10.3 of MIL-C-63989C (AR) constructively exclude the ‘AR Type handguns’ cited in Denise Brown’s text as an application for M855 cartridges. Before an 18 U.S.C. 921 (a) (17) © ‘sporting purposes’ exemption can be considered, BATFE must establish that the projectiles in M855 cartridges are indeed subject to ‘armored piercing ammunition’ regulation under 18 U.S.C. 921 (a) (17) (B). BATFE has not made this case, nor can BATFE make this case without abusing the clear statutory language. Please withdraw Denise Brown’s “ATF FRAMEWORK FOR DETERMINING WHETHER CERTAIN PROJECTILES ARE “PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR SPORTING PURPOSES” WITHIN THE MEANING OF 18 U.S.C. 921 (a) (17) ©” and terminate any further efforts to prohibit civilian possession or distribution of M855 projectiles and/or cartridges. Please extend all of these comments to cover any and all cartridges conforming to NATO STANAG 4172, which are functionally and constructively identical to U.S. Army M855 cartridges. Your Name Thank You, Be Elite Tactical Training of Ohio www.bettoh.com 614-370-5031 This email message contains information that may be confidential, be protected by other applicable privileges, or constitute non-public information, it may contain governmental classified information intended solely for the listed receipt. This email may not be copied, forwarded or duplicated without express permission from the sender. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender and then delete it. Use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message by unintended recipients is not authorized and may lead to prosecution.
