When
it comes to firearms the federal government is very concerned with color. It
seems as though they are obsessed with how something looks rather than taking a
closer look at what it actually is. The most prevalent obsession is about black
rifles in which they clump together all kinds of firearms, attribute
fantastical powers to them, and don’t bother looking at the actual functionality
of the various semi-automatic platforms. This is an ongoing problem that
continues to bother many of us as the claims made are false and the solution
that these “lawmakers” have is to strip away the rights from everyone.
Now
many politicians are focusing on a different color… green. And I am not
referring to environmental issues. They are determined to prohibit the sale of
green tip ammunition which, not so coincidentally, is used primarily in the
AR15 (“black rifle”) platform. The increased popularity of the AR pistol
platform seems to have provided the impetus for the ATF’s proposed ban just as
it did for the recent opinion released by the ATF that the Sig Brace can no
longer be shouldered. In reality, anyone who thinks that an AR pistol can be
concealed as a handgun has never bothered to consider the facts in that scenario.
However, there is huge hole in the ‘logic’ behind this proposal as was outlined by Robert Farago on TheTruthAboutGuns.org:
“Mark Glaze [Executive Director of Every Town For Gun
Safety] wants American gun owners to use ammunition that doesn’t
pierce the “bulletproof” vests of police officers, but the fact of the matter
is that any commercially available 5.56 ammunition will do that same job. The
vests worn by cops simply aren’t designed to stop rifle rounds… Nor is there
any ammunition in the intermediate or large rifle caliber range that will fail
to penetrate a Level IIA vest. .308 Winchester? .30-06 Springfield? 7.62×39?
All of these calibers will pass straight through a “bulletproof” vest, no
matter what kind of projectile is used — “armor piercing” or not.”
Yes, this is the same Mark Glaze that made the following
confession last year to The Wall Street Journal shortly after resigning as
the executive director of former New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg’s Mayors
Against Illegal Guns: “Mr. Glaze said the
movement hasn’t solved one of its signature problems: Many mass shootings
wouldn’t have been stopped by tighter regulations proposed by gun-control
advocates, even if they might have prevented other gun crimes.”
The ATF’s proposal really isn’t about the banning of a popular
surplus ammunition, this is the back end work that continues to happen in order
to limit the availability of ammunition for this platform. While it may be seen
as a leap in logic for some to see this as an affront to our rights, when
looking at the larger picture the common motivation is quite clear... they are
trying out flank the banning of the AR platform since their direct assault
failed. And, as Glaze has previously admitted, any legislation that does pass
will not satiate the emotional fervor that they, and other similar groups, have
instilled in many people. These types of policies just don’t work!
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