Because of the technological definition problem, I thought the ban was limited
to handgun ammo having a hard metal core such as steel, tungsten, etc.
Ordinary metal jacket lead core bullets for rifles would no be classified as AP
right? So, what is Granholm ranting about?
Phil
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From: Henry Schaffer <[email protected]>
To: firearmsregprof <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: Gov. Jennifer Granholm's rant about armor piercing bullets on ABC
today
A big problem is that "armor piercing" is not well defined in a technological
sense. In popular or political parlance it can have a large variety of meanings
(a common one is a bullet which can go through the lightest ballistic vest made
- and this then includes nearly all hunting ammo plus many handgun rounds.)
A way around this has been to define this as being a bullet made of other
materials than led (excepting standard gilding metal jacket.) This then include
the very popular imported steel jacketed rifle ammo which isn't particularly
more armor piercing than the standard jacketed bullets.
I'm not aware of any bullets in common use which were designed to pierce body
armor or the armor of armored vehicles (e.g. made with tungsten penetrators or
with depleted uranium.) But they are great to talk about.
--henry schaffer
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Phil Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
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.
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>Phil
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