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petronius

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19. Not USSC, but in Herrington v. United States (2010) the court said:
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 08:24 PM
Dec 2012
In neither Heller nor McDonald did the Supreme Court directly address restrictions on the possession of ammunition per se. ( The District's requirement that lawfully-maintained firearms be kept unloaded was not challenged in Heller.) Nonetheless, from the Court's reasoning, it logically follows that the right to keep and bear arms extends to the possession of handgun ammunition in the home;  for if such possession could be banned (and not simply regulated), that would make it “impossible for citizens to use for the core lawful purpose of self-defense.” By the same token, given the obvious connection between handgun ammunition and the right protected by the Second Amendment, we are hard-pressed to see how a flat ban on the possession of such ammunition in the home could survive heightened scrutiny of any kind. We therefore conclude that the Second Amendment guarantees a right to possess ammunition in the home that is coextensive with the right to possess a usable handgun there. The government has not taken issue with that conclusion.

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/dc-court-of-appeals/1543809.html

So, it seems to me that any regulation or tax intended to limit the acquisition of ammunition would be just as Constitutional (or not) as if it applied to firearms themselves...

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Apparently you don't know that most of what you call rifle ammunition is also used in handguns. nt jody Dec 2012 #1
Number 5 up are centerfire rifle ammunition FarCenter Dec 2012 #6
All of those are used in handguns NickB79 Dec 2012 #8
These are really fairly rare FarCenter Dec 2012 #13
The law would have to be tightened NickB79 Dec 2012 #16
I don't know what the rounds are in the first picture. You can check out available pistol rounds at jody Dec 2012 #9
I wouldn't be too concerned about single shot, break action pistols as mass murder weapons. FarCenter Dec 2012 #15
You said "Centerfire pistol ammunition should be limited" and I pointed out most rifle calibers are jody Dec 2012 #18
I think that you could draw a distinction between the two by diameter, energy and momentum FarCenter Dec 2012 #22
IT's pretty easy to make your own rounds Taverner Dec 2012 #2
Its pretty easy to make meth too DJ13 Dec 2012 #3
Hmmm...interesting...keep going... Taverner Dec 2012 #4
Handloaders have to have a source of gunpowder FarCenter Dec 2012 #7
The most difficult component is sarisataka Dec 2012 #12
Criminal will always buy guns from law enforcement and the military FarCenter Dec 2012 #17
Yes, the black market would be rife sarisataka Dec 2012 #23
The Second Amendment is a broken theory from another age. onehandle Dec 2012 #5
muskets and homemade ammo bluemarkers Dec 2012 #10
It would probably be ruled a "use tax" by the Supreme Court NickB79 Dec 2012 #11
Nuisance tax then maybe byeya Dec 2012 #14
Not USSC, but in Herrington v. United States (2010) the court said: petronius Dec 2012 #19
It wouldn't be a ban on possession. It would be a ban on manufacture and sale. FarCenter Dec 2012 #21
Same reasoning though - Herrington implies that ammunition is protected to the same petronius Dec 2012 #24
all i have is birdshot and .22 long rifle arely staircase Dec 2012 #20
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