This whole set of guidelines/regulations is pretty much pointless and busybody krap. The first effect of the rule back when was to eliminate Chicom ammo from the market, most of which was soft-iron cored and would fail the magnetic check every time. It was cheap-—not armor piercing. If you gotta get hit by something it’s better if it’s armor piercing since it doesn’t expand, makes a clean hole. You can thank Bill Ruger for working to keep the low-end 7.62 X 39 semi auto rifles/ ammo out of the market. Beyond that the whole armor piercing discussion is pretty much pointless in terms of protecting cops or anyone else. By the time muzzle energy reaches 1400 ft-lbs in any gun/cartridge whoever the round hits, vest or not, is pretty much out of the fight——think Dirty Harry and his 44 magnum. The rules ought to be repealed and ATF ought to spend its energy cleaning up its act on the southern border.
“By the time muzzle energy reaches 1400 ft-lbs in any gun/cartridge whoever the round hits, vest or not, is pretty much out of the fight——think Dirty Harry and his 44 magnum. The rules ought to be repealed and ATF ought to spend its energy cleaning up its act on the southern border.”
If you were dealing with people of integrity all of that would make a difference.
Their agenda is to make private ownership of firearms a thing of the past. These type of arbitrary rules are very effective with that agenda in mind.