[templar]

If I understand that the 'armor piercing' capability is about piercing body armor, I think it is a back door way of getting rid of milsurp ammo to the public. Milsurp stuff of almost any caliber will penetrate almost any law enforcement grade of body armor and has very little or no use for 'hunting' purposes by todays hunting standards. It effectively makes it financially improbable that the majority of gun owners will have a large supply of ammunition available or be able to purchase ammunition in large lots.

[Blood of Tyrants]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1086587/posts?page=26#26

There is NO provision in Craigs amendment that redefines the law. He is proposing legislation to STUDY the feasibility of coming up with a AP standard.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

If I understand that the 'armor piercing' capability is about piercing body armor, I think it is a back door way of getting rid of milsurp ammo to the public.

The demoncrats are intentionally confusing the issue. "Armor piercing ammunition" used to mean steel or tungsten cored bullets intended to penetrate steel armor. The demoncrats are attempting to expand that definition to include any ammunition that can penetrate soft body armor. The highest level of DOJ soft armor protection, level IIIa, is only intended to stop handgun and some shotgun ammunition. This amendment could effectively ban all center-fire rifle ammunition, since any bullet (including jacketed soft point or even cast lead) with a velocity over about 1,500 feet per second can penetrate soft body armor.