U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Â On 20 August 2021, the U.S. Department of State released a fact sheet announcing Russian firearms and ammunition importation will be banned for a minimum of 12 months starting 7 September 2021. From state.gov:
New sanctions imposed today under the CBW Act include:
- Restrictions on the permanent imports of certain Russian firearms. New and pending permit applications for the permanent importation of firearms and ammunition manufactured or located in Russia will be subject to a policy of denial.
The ban is listed as a sanction pursuant to the Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991, over the supposed Russian use of the “Novichok” chemical agent to poison Aleksey Navainy.
Navainy was poisoned in August of 2020. He has been critical of the Putin regime in Russia. This is the second round of sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States over the Aleksey Navainy incident. The first round of sanctions did not ban the importation of Russian ammunition or firearms.
The Department of State announcement says “New and pending permit applications” … “will be subject to a policy of denial”. The implication is applications that have already been approved will not be revoked.
If that is correct, shipments of ammunition and firearms from Russia which have already been approved will be allowed to enter the United States and be sold.
It is unclear how long supplies in the pipeline will last.
The announcement is likely to rekindle the ammunition bubble for calibers commonly imported from Russia, such as 7.62×54, 7.62×39, 5.45×39, 5.56×45, and even match grade .22 ammunition.
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 retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.
Biden gives American guns and ammo to the Taliban and then bans import to Americans. Ridiculous.
On the upside, we may see an uptick in ammo imports if we are able to buy billions of dollars worth of our own ammo from the Taliban. Way to go, democrats! You stole an election and gave the presidency to a dottering old lady.
Braindead Joe and his Commiecrats further infringement of the 2 nd. amendment.
So Americans can’t have Russian weapons but it’s fine that the Taliban have American weapons and technology with pass through to China.
Ok. punish US gun buyers and shooters by banning affordable and available ammunition because of an unproven event in a far away place is as stupid as the Bidens regimes actions in Afghanistan
This aint about a poisoning. Its about gun control. The Biden communists know wacking the 2nd Amendment is impossible so they will chew around the edges until we revolt or surrender. Wait till every part of a firearm is declared that such a part is a gun in itself.
Liberalism has destroyed America. Its time we turn things around.
I’m sure we can all just buy American made ammo off the Taliban in a few weeks…shouldn’t be an issue with Russia sanctions. Besides, they can just run it all in through a shell company anyways.