This Misguided Widow Wants To Ban Your Best Choice In Self-Defense Ammunition

By Bob Owens

The widow of a Wisconsin delivery driver wants a ban on the kind of self-defense ammunition most commonly used by homeowners and concealed carriers in the misguided belief that such a ban would save lives.

The widow of a Racine delivery driver James Norris, who was gunned down on Racine’s north side in March 2016, is calling for a ban on hollow-point bullets that reportedly contributed to his death.

“The guy bought the ammunition from Walmart that killed him,” Stacy Blevins said. “You don’t buy hollow-point bullets unless you meant to kill him.”

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“Why would you sell something like that?” Belvins said.

Blevins and Norris’ mother-in-law, Sandra Stravropoulos, want Walmart to stop selling the ammunition or do background checks for buyers.

“If they hadn’t sold the bullets that man would be alive. This has got to stop. They shouldn’t sell hollow-points,” Stravropoulos said.

In a statement to The Journal Times, Charles Crowson, a spokesman for the Arkansas-based retailer, said sales of hollow-point bullets will continue.

“The ammunition we carry is legal and in demand for self-defense and sport shooting among our customers. At this time, we don’t plan to remove the items,” Crowson said.

Hollowpoint ammunition is almost universally recommended for the defensive use of handguns because …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms