The federal government has banned the importation of plentiful and affordable Russian ammo, using an obscure “vaporware” Polish firearm as an excuse to suddenly call the ammo ‘armor piercing’.
The ban of this affordable ammo comes on the heels of DHS buying 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition (depleting the market) and the closure of the last lead smelter plant in America by the EPA, which has effectively dried up ammunition supply lines and driven up costs greatly.
The feds are preparing for war with the American people, and drying up supply lines is part and parcel to any war.
The feds recently used an obscure “vaporware” Polish firearm as an excuse to outlaw the importation of cheap and plentiful Russian ammo into the United States.
The BATFE has determined the 7N6 cartridge is armor piercing and therefore illegal under the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968 as amended in 1986.
As noted by The Bangswitch blog on Tuesday, the Russian ammo was not an issue with the federal government until the suspicious introduction of a 5.45×39 handgun on the U.S. market.
“Until one did appear, 7N6 surplus could flow freely from Russia, Ukraine and other sources. However, it would only be a matter of time before someone got the bright idea to produce a 5.45×39 pistol domestically or someone applied for a Form 6 to import one,” the blog reports.
The BATFE issued a Special Advisory memo on April 7 claiming the ammo “could be used in a commercially available handgun, the Fabryka Bronie Radom, Model Onyks 89S, 5.45×39 caliber semi-automatic pistol, which was approved for importation into the United States in November 2011.”
The federal agency’s “determination applies only to the Russian-made 7N6 ammunition analyzed, not to all 5.45×39 ammunition. Ammunition of that caliber using projectiles without a steel core would have to be independently examined to determine their importability,” the advisory states.
“This seems a bit fishy to me since it rarely takes the BATFE almost 2 years to ban something once they have cause,” notes the military arms channel blog. “It’s also worth mentioning that several companies such as Robinson Armament and JBI Armory have produced 5.45×39 handguns domestically for several years and we didn’t hear so much as a peep out of the BATFE until 2014.”
The blog notes a Google search of the firearm produces no results with the exception of those mentioned in articles and posts noting the government action. “It’s so obscure in fact that only 200 were produced in Poland and to my knowledge none were ever imported nor sold on the U.S. market as semi-automatic pistols.”
Gun Owners of America, in a post in Ammoland, characterizes the BATFE ruling as a “strained and perverted reading” of what constitutes armor piercing ammunition. The ruling constitutes government fiat without any statutory authority whatsoever, according to the Second Amendment advocacy group.
The sneaky back door ruling is designed to shut down a much needed source of affordable and readily available ammunition. Moreover, the move appears to have an underlying political dimension due to the fact the ammo is imported from Russia, once again an officially denoted enemy following developments in Ukraine.
Unable to ram through draconian gun laws in Congress, the Obama administration and assorted federal government agencies are working behind the scenes to dry up and shut down the availability of ammunition.
There are still places where you can get this ammo ,about 15 different sites on the net! Lets calm down peeps this is called gas lighting!
Part of his plan to ban guns! No Ammo! No Problems! He thinks!!!
Well I love my guns about as good as anybody.We do not need cheap Russian ammo,we need cheap American Ammo.It would give Americans more work and provide a better product.I guess Obama is afraid we might use it on him…I would too
Not good , Mike Wilson
Rifle ranges are like ghost towns. Have to keep your ammo supply up. Took me almost a year to find .22 Ammo. Then it was 3 times more expensive.
yes they are! potus the commie is hoping something will happen that’ll give him a reason to declare MARTIAL LAW…the real reason for all the “camps”…..read as POLICE STATE!!!!!! will our own military start killing us? and yes, he was BORN AND RAISED INTO COMMUNISM!!!
Pretty sure their buying up all that ammo with our tax dollars is an infringement of our second amendment rights
Gauss Gun, as ammo all you need only nails. Gauss Guns or rail guns. While not as powerful as railgun however the Gauss gun can shoot projectile up to 200 – 300 feet. All you have to do is sharpen those nails. Remember when you shoot just prepared for it
We would be astonished at the legislation that is ‘buried’ in the most obscure, harmless places that is known ONLY to the progressives that buried it, that even if identified, could barely be linked to it’s targeted activity. But if necessary can be cited as precedent for arrest, detention or indictment. The ‘agriculture’, ‘environmental’ and ‘public works’ laws are riddled with laws that seem irrelevant in those contexts, but actually have to do with citizen arms, and other freedoms. “snakes under rocks”
Gauss Gun, as ammo all you need only nails. Gauss Guns or rail guns. While not as powerful as railgun however the Gauss gun can shoot projectile up to 200 – 300 feet. All you have to do is sharpen those nails. Remember when you shoot just prepared for it
One other thing to make it more powerful just open Nikola Tesla book