Post 2004, the American market has seen the addition of post ban ar15, ak and sig based pistols. As these stock less short barreled rifles are no longer weight restricted, rifle ammo is now "pistol" ammo.
About 1994-5 Olympic arms created a 7.62x39 ar15 pistol that squeezed under assault pistol weight point and OA is blamed for inexpensive surplus Eastern European steel core ammo being import restricted due to it becoming classified as AP pistol ammunition. On Jan 20, 2013, at 12:38 PM, "Volokh, Eugene" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not an expert on this corner of federal regulations, but > as I understand it, federal law largely bans the importation and > manufacturing of armor piercing ammunition, 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(a)(7), but > doesn’t ban the sale or possession of such ammunition. (I haven’t see > Granholm’s statement, and I certainly don’t want to endorse it, nor am I > commenting here on the merits of restriction on such ammunition.) > > Eugene > > Phil Lee writes: > > Gov. Granholm challenged other panel discussion members over why they need > armor piercing bullets. Armor piercing handgun ammo is banned isn't it? Or > did I miss a repeal? If she thinks the president's initiative will ban rifle > bullets that can pierce armor, that is a problem for rifle owners. > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; > people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) > forward the messages to others.
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