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ATF pushes bullet ban, threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle
Fox News ^ | February 27, 2015 | Paul Bedard / ·Washington Examiner

Posted on 02/27/2015 7:13:20 AM PST by WhiskeyX

It’s starting.

As promised, President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country, the AR-15 style semi-automatic, with a ban on one of the most-used AR bullets by sportsmen and target shooters.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this month revealed that it is proposing to put the ban on 5.56mm ammo on a fast track, immediately driving up the price of the bullets and prompting retailers, including the huge outdoors company Cabela’s, to urge sportsmen to urge Congress to stop the president.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; ar15; atf; banglist; firearm; govtabuse; guns; obama; tyranny
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To: WinMod70
Truth be told .223 cal. is child’s play.

Exactly. And if a tiny round is banned, that justifies banning anything larger.

61 posted on 02/27/2015 5:12:09 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Tailback

M855 does have that problem and it is probably due to the steel plug.

Also M855 likes 1:9 twist better than the M16A3/M4 1:7 twist. The 1:7 was chosen because the M856 tracer likes it.


62 posted on 02/27/2015 5:26:20 PM PST by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Gotta love the sentimental BS about "cop killer bullets."

Show me a bullet that can't kill a cop.
63 posted on 02/27/2015 6:52:39 PM PST by eater-of-toast ("It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." --Calvin Coolidge)
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To: WinMod70

Your wise man must not have around when the AR15 platform in 50Beowulf was developed. This shoots a 350 grain bullet at 1900fps. A man hit by this round becomes a lesser man.


64 posted on 02/27/2015 8:19:26 PM PST by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: eater-of-toast

“Show me a bullet that can’t kill a cop.”

The one that isn’t fired!


65 posted on 02/27/2015 8:44:39 PM PST by chooseascreennamepat (life isn't about)
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To: GOPJ

“619 days until Obama is out of office....”

We hope!


66 posted on 02/27/2015 8:56:48 PM PST by chooseascreennamepat (life isn't about)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

You really think that the Obama minions will stop at just banning this particular ammo? Seriously? You haven’t been paying attention, if so.


67 posted on 02/27/2015 11:31:28 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: eater-of-toast

It’s also ironic that the Obama government is suddenly so concerned about people killing cops....when they are the ones that have been inciting violence against cops via racial tensions by supporting the rioters’ “cause”, like in the Michael Brown case.

And as usual, the leftist government creates the problems and then swoops in to fix the problems that they have created, thus taking away more and more of our freedoms in the process.

It’s way past pitchfork time.


68 posted on 02/27/2015 11:35:24 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: pleasenotcalifornia

I and the wise man said nothing about the make and model. I think you would agree .50 cal. is larger than the .223 and the lesser man threshold of 30.06.


69 posted on 02/28/2015 1:43:48 AM PST by WinMod70
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To: WhiskeyX

Surprisingly, there’s not a word about this on any of the leftist propaganda sites, including Facebook. You’d think the gun grabbers would be praising the heavens about this.


70 posted on 02/28/2015 3:11:18 AM PST by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be earned and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: RWB Patriot

“Surprisingly, there’s not a word about this on any of the leftist propaganda sites, including Facebook.”

The issue is too technical for them to understand or find any entertainment value in it.


71 posted on 02/28/2015 6:07:48 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: Bidimus1

Obama’s starting to believe he’s a dictator... he’s wrong.


72 posted on 02/28/2015 11:49:12 AM PST by GOPJ (Comrade Thug - pleae don't hurt me for disagreeing... I lived in a free country once..)
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To: WhiskeyX

Haven’t checked myself but my Facebook feed locals are reporting Sportsman’s Warehouse is sold out of ALL .223 and 5.56 ammo.

Panic buying again


73 posted on 02/28/2015 1:15:16 PM PST by Domandred (Tea Party or Third Party. Done with the capitulating eGOP.)
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To: GOPJ

no.. sadly he is right. now what are the other 2 co-equal branches going ti do about it.


74 posted on 02/28/2015 4:24:54 PM PST by Bidimus1
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To: WinMod70

David Petraeus took a .223 round through the chest once and was out jogging two days later.


75 posted on 02/28/2015 4:49:44 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: backwoods-engineer
For those not adequately familiar with the works of Rudyard Kipling:

The Grave of the Hundred Head.

(translated into English here).

76 posted on 02/28/2015 4:53:56 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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Less than $6.8k to go!!

77 posted on 02/28/2015 6:16:20 PM PST by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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To: DuncanWaring
That isn't the correct reference. The correct one is here.
78 posted on 02/28/2015 9:15:00 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: backwoods-engineer

I’m aware of that one; I believe it originates with the Kipling reference.


79 posted on 03/01/2015 4:28:28 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Spktyr

Or silver. Or gold.


80 posted on 03/01/2015 1:35:15 PM PST by 2harddrive
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