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"In a blog piece at American Thinker yesterday, Michael Filozof, warned readers that Obama is using executive agency powers to make an end-run on the 2nd Amendment by banning ... the 5.56x45mm, 62 grain, M-855 military round. Mass-produced for use by our military, it is quite popular among American gun owners due to its relatively low cost. Ammunition manufacturers producing billions of rounds for military use have no problem in turning out an extra billion for civilian shooters. The ready availability of 5.56mm leads many American shooting enthusiasts to purchase very large numbers of the civilian versions of the military rifles that fire it."
"Therein lies the problem for a government that fears its own citizens. ..." ... |
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Millwright66
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There's a certain irony in this proposed ban. BATF is proposing this ban as a "life saving" measure for LEOs. But the NATO-inspired M-855 round has long been cited for its poor performance in combat, noting its tendency to "punch through" enemy combatants without inflicting immediately disabling wounds.
Then there's the awkward issue of some 30 yrs. surplus sales of this ammo without any statistical documentation supporting its creating any increased threat to law enforcement. Maybe Americans of every political pursuasion ought to be seriously questioning the Obama Administration's motives in this instance. |
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I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908 [by an Indian extremist opposed to Gandhi's agreement with Smuts], whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defend me, I told him it was his duty to defend me even by using violence. Hence it was that I took part in the Boer War, the so-called Zulu Rebellion and [World War I]. Hence also do I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. — Mohandas K. Gandhi, Young India, August 11, 1920 from Fischer, Louis ed.,The Essential Gandhi, 1962 |
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