McHenry Acts To Thwart Obama Admin Attempts To Ban Common Rifle Ammo

By Bob Owens

Congress and the NRA are not taking the Obama Administration’s threats to the nation’s ammunition supply lying down, and are instead firing back to protect all rifle ammunition for ATF overreach and abuse.

Here’s the text of the press release, followed by some analysis.

Today, Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry (R, NC-10) introduced H.R. XXXX, the Ammunition and Firearms Protection Act. H.R. XXXX would prevent the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from classifying M855 ammunition as armor-piercing and from instituting any ban on the sale and manufacture of ammunition that is intended, marketed, and sold for rifle use.

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