Obama Gun Control Proposals Unveiled, Marking Biggest Legislative Effort In A Generation

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20. Only one item I'm wondering about...

The 'eliminating armor-piercing bullets' piece.

Armor-piercing pistol ammo is already prohibited to the public. Only the Military and Law Enforcement can obtain it. (Part of the 1994 CAWB that is still in effect/didn't sunset)

So... that leaves armor piercing rifle ammo. That's pretty much inclusive of ALL center-fire rifle ammo. If it'll go through a deer, it'll go through a LEO III or IIIa vest without a plate in it, like butter. So I'm curious why that was mentioned, or what the specifics of that would be.

Not like we have criminals running around shooting at people with steel-core ammo that makes... a difference. Comes out of a rifle, it's going right through a human, regardless.

In fact, in wound characteristics, armor-piercing ammo doesn't expand, so it imparts less kinetic energy in meat. Whereas a hunting round (like a soft-nose .30-06) will still penetrate that vest, but it'll mushroom, and dump all it's energy into the meat, causing a much worse wound channel.


Where this might be very important, is in the trafficking piece. By all means, make it all kinds of illegal to export it. Mexico will thank you. (But do that for ALL ammo, come to think of it.)