[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.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Kennedy's amendment would have done just that. The text of the Craig/FRist amendment is above along with the current law and does NOT redefine AP ammo.