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AmmoBan copied from email from Minnesota
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This came in an email from a gun dealer in Minnesota and FWD's to me by a friend.
State Department Floating Ammo Import Ban
It looks like those who said the Obama Administration would strike
while the iron is hot may have been correct, and the Administration may be doing it in a way that does not require them to even get a vote in Congress. In this morning's edition of the Shooting Wire, Jim Shepherd writes that Canadian officials have it on "good authority" our State Department may be on the verge of cutting off all imports of certain calibers of ammunition.
Ammos listed for this rumored ban include the .50BMG, 7.62x39mm
Soviet, 7.62x51mm NATO, .308 Winchester, 5.56 NATO and .223 Remington. Additionally, we're hearing that an expansion of this proposed ban might be broadened to include the 6.8mm SPC, 9mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, and ..45 ACP- among others.
In other words, State Department officials may be floating a trial
balloon to see if there are howls of protest, or whimpers of
compliance. Canadian elected officials who have directed this
information to me say the move seems to be motivated by "emboldened"
anti-gun officials who think they have a kindred spirit in President
Obama.
State Department Floating Ammo Import Ban
It looks like those who said the Obama Administration would strike
while the iron is hot may have been correct, and the Administration may be doing it in a way that does not require them to even get a vote in Congress. In this morning's edition of the Shooting Wire, Jim Shepherd writes that Canadian officials have it on "good authority" our State Department may be on the verge of cutting off all imports of certain calibers of ammunition.
Ammos listed for this rumored ban include the .50BMG, 7.62x39mm
Soviet, 7.62x51mm NATO, .308 Winchester, 5.56 NATO and .223 Remington. Additionally, we're hearing that an expansion of this proposed ban might be broadened to include the 6.8mm SPC, 9mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, and ..45 ACP- among others.
In other words, State Department officials may be floating a trial
balloon to see if there are howls of protest, or whimpers of
compliance. Canadian elected officials who have directed this
information to me say the move seems to be motivated by "emboldened"
anti-gun officials who think they have a kindred spirit in President
Obama.
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