Rush Limbaugh Says ‘Obama is Trying to Ban Ammunition’

By Dean Weingarten

Rush Says Obama is Trying to Ban Ammunition
Rush Says Obama is Trying to Ban Ammunition
Dean Weingarten
Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- Heard on Rush Limbaugh Show a few minutes ago.  Rush mentioned the ban on SS109 and M855 ammunition being pushed by the Obama administration.

Rush said that when people began buying ammunition two years ago, the left said that they were kooks.  Now they have been proven to be correct.

Rush did say that the ban was on specific ammunition, but that people should not be fooled.  They want to go after all ammunition, and they have to start someplace.

Rush is not a “gun guy“; but he is a far sighted political thinker, and he can see the incremental strategy used by the disarmists’.

The first effect of Rush’s raising of the public consciousness will be a run on ammunition sales.   Expect significant increases in short term demand, perhaps lasting for several weeks.

I would not be surprised to see existing stocks of pistol and rifle ammunition to be cleaned out of Wal-Mart for the next month. Most avid gun culture people have already been aware of the pending ban, and SS109 and M855 have been sold out from Internet and wholesale outlets for a week.

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About Dean Weingarten;

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and recently retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.

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TEX

Obananas phone and pen wont work on this ammo ban.

philbert

I sure hope so, TEX, but I can guarantee you that this communist is going to try.

Dave

I’m not sure how you define “armor piercing” ammunition. One of the caveats of the SS109/M855 cartridge is that it had to penetrate one side of a 3 mm steel army helmet at 600 meters. One of the criticisms of the M855 is that it penetrates both sides of body armor without sufficient damage (yaw and fragmentation) to the combatant contained therein. If actually piercing armor doesn’t meet your definition of armor piercing, then welcome to the ranks of the intellectually challenged. You may not like it but the spade has finally been called a spade

dave

I see you’ also lack good reading comprehension skills.

M855 does not meet the definition of armor piercing as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(17)(B)(ii), which is the regulation concerning armor piercing ammo.

That is how I define the legal meaning of armor piercing ammo with regards to sales and purchases..

That is how the ATF is required to define whether ammo is armor piercing.

Anything other definition is irrelevant with regards to lawfully being able to sell, buy, and own.

Dave

I’ve been shooting my HBAR Colt for about 25 years and have yet to fire a round of green tip M855 ammunition. I either shoot the good stuff, my careful handloads or the cheap Tula roundsf for cannon fodder. What’s all the fuss about?

dave

What’s all the fuss about? you ask. First they illegally ban ammunition (M855) that doesn’t meet the requirements for armor piercing. Next they illegally ban the cheap (and legal) Tula ammunition using the same tactics. After that they ban your “good stuff” ammunition using the same tactics. Finally they ban the bullets used in making your “careful handloads”. That’s what the f**K all the fuss is about. I’m glad most gun owners are not short sighted and intellectualy challenged as you are. If they were, you wouldn’t have been shooting your “HBAR Colt” for 25 years. All guns would have… Read more »

diamondearthday57

as we in the shooting/hunting/reloading community are well aware of this fact with some knowing more than others, meaning I know there are large numbers of shooters that do not take this seriously, any of it. with Rush talking to millions a day, reaching every corner of American society from the salesman to the trucker, from the office to stay at home moms. he is able to let others know about what else is going on in America. to me it is a welcome voice and it adds influence to the fact that a lot of things are not right… Read more »

oldshooter

The GeorgiaCarry folks posted the following comment to the ATF. It is brilliant, correct, logical, and totally destroys ALL elements of the ATF’s rationale for considering M855 “Green Tip” 5.56 ammunition “Armor Piercing” under the relevant law. Everyone who may end up in a discussion about this topic would be well advised to read and learn it. Here is the comment, reposted in its entirety: GeorgiaCarry.org, the premiere gun rights group in the Peach State, has officially filed comments with the ATF on their proposed M855 ammo ban. The group goes into the specifics of the M855 round and lays… Read more »

philbert

oldshooter, thanks for the post above.

All this is a back door way to restrict our 2A rights. They couldn’t get traction to directly ban firearms, so they are going to as they do to business: regulate without legislation. If this ban is not stopped, I expect them to go after other 5.56 rounds, .223, and then higher calipers like 7.51 NATO. All with the same unconstitutional arguments.

Janek

Rush has correctly prognosticated on a variety of issues since 1988.