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| Seattle judge upholds ATF's decision banning 7.62x39 ammo designed for AK-47s |
| 2016-08-11 |
| [Seattle Times] A federal judge in Seattle has upheld a decision by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to ban ammunition originally designed for AK-47 assault rifles. The decision Wednesday by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour came in a lawsuit brought by Redmond-based P.W. Arms Inc., which obtained permits to import more than 100 million rounds of the Russian- and Eastern European-made ammunition known as 7N6. When the first shipments arrived in early 2014, the ATF deemed them "armor-piercing" and barred their importation for civilian resale. The company said the agency misinterpreted the definition of armor-piercing bullets under federal law. But the judge disagreed, saying they contain a steel core and can be fired from a handgun. Coughenour noted that P.W. Arms never disputed the bullets can pierce body armor, and he called the company's arguments disingenuous. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 Rifle round in a pistol? No thanks. ATF is reaching on this one if it weren't for a libtard big government judge. Under ATF rules, a short barrel rifle which does not have a butt stock is a pistol. Someone in the ATF discovered the existence of the Krinkov 5.45x39mm pistol, and since ATF rules state that rounds that can be fired in a pistol which are armor piercing (such as lead core ammunition that the 7N6 is), the ammunition can't be sold for civilian use. Ergo, 7N6 ammo was permanently banned for importation. |
| Posted by: badanov 2016-08-11 16:49 |
| #12 Link |
| Posted by: badanov 2016-08-11 16:45 |
| #11 7N6 is the Russian government designation for the 5.45x39mm ammunition for the AK-74, not the AK-47. The ban was imposed for the 5.45x39mm some time ago because it was steel core. The article is so full of mistakes, you have to wonder if the ruling could even stand a challenge. |
| Posted by: badanov 2016-08-11 16:44 |
| #10 Good catch AP. Ammo corrected. :-) |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-08-11 15:44 |
| #9 7.52 bullets coming through a rifled 7.62 barrel. Talk about gas blow by, and a no-spin zone. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-08-11 15:08 |
| #8 This is a dangerous world, just sayin'. Bad things can happen at any time and anywhere. People used to understand that. |
| Posted by: Jatle Ebbase7028 2016-08-11 14:40 |
| #7 Rifle round in a pistol? No thanks. ATF is reaching on this one if it weren't for a libtard big government judge. And isnt AK47 7.62 not 7.52, or is this s special pistol caliber? |
| Posted by: Unaick Grotle9763 2016-08-11 12:35 |
| #6 That's pretty aggressive looking ammo. No wonder U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour is a-scared. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2016-08-11 11:31 |
| #5 This is just the beginning to strip us of our arms. It will accelerate under Hillary and her reformed Supreme Court. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-08-11 09:58 |
| #4 oops... too late. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-08-11 09:15 |
| #3 I guess next up is finding an idiot to make a "pistol" that shoots 30-06. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-08-11 09:14 |
| #2 And shortly after that, paint balls. They don't always wash off.
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| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-08-11 08:39 |
| #1 Next up: Banning flesh-piercing bullets, I suppose. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-08-11 07:40 |