BATFE has ocean-front property in Arizona for sale!

[OakRidgeStars]

VA-ALERT: BATFE has ocean-front property in Arizona for sale!

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The same BATFE that brought you Fast and Furious and then obfuscated about it, now says the new BATFE regulation book had a "publishing error," showing that M855 ammunition is already banned.

Yeah, sure.

Looks to me more like the White House and the BATFE got their wires crossed. Between the White House saying the ban is a good idea and the new BATFE regulation book showing the ban already in place, the BATFE is having to do quite a CYA tap dance.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... gulations/

or

http://tinyurl.com/ph2fu2r

ATF apologizes for ‘error’ on ammo-ban regulations By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Monday, March 9, 2015

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is apologizing for a “publishing error” in its regulations that suggested the agency had already banned AR-15 “green tip” ammo well before officials publicly announced a proposal to outlaw the armor-piercing bullets last month.

“ATF has not rescinded any armor piercing ammunition exemption, and the fact they are not listed in the 2014 online edition of the regulations was an error which has no legal impact,” the agency said in a statement. “ATF apologizes for any confusion caused by this publishing error.”

In January, the ATF published an online regulations guide that doesn’t contain a listing of the ammo exempted from a ban on armor piercing ammunition. By omitting the .223-caliber M855 ammo from the list, the agency led some to believe the government had already effectively banned it before the ATF’s announcement on Feb. 13 that it was seeking public comment on a proposal to do just that.

The regulations come out about every 10 years and must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget. The discrepancy was first reported by Townhall.com.

“They claim it wasn’t done on purpose. It’s a pretty egregious mistake to put the document out after a review by OMB and internal ATF staff, when they knew this issue about armor-piercing ammunition was of such importance to industry,” said Larry Keane, senior vice president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a trade association for the firearms industry based in Newtown, Connecticut. “They’ve ‘corrected’ it, and we’re glad they did.”

The ATF’s statement specified that the exemptions for 5.56 mm (.223) SS 109 and M855 ammo, and for the U.S .30-06 M2AP bullet, “remain in effect.”

But the agency is accepting public comment until March 16 on its proposal regulation to ban the ammunition. A majority of House lawmakers sent a letter to the ATF last week in opposition to the move.

The Obama administration says that the proposed ban will save the lives of law-enforcement officers, because the armor-piercing ammo can be chambered in newer AR-style “handguns” that have been on the market for a few years. Typically, the ammunition is used in AR-15 rifles for target practice or hunting.

Some Second Amendment supporters believe the proposed regulation is a backdoor attempt by the administration to phase out the use of AR-15 rifles. President Obama supported legislation in 2013 to ban the rifles.

At a town-hall meeting in South Carolina on Friday, Mr. Obama reflected on his failed efforts to enact gun legislation such as mandatory background checks on gun purchases.

“The courts and state legislatures … have greatly restricted the ability to put in place common-sense gun safety laws like background checks,” Mr. Obama said. “So what we’ve done is we have tried as much as we can administratively to implement background checks and to make sure that we’re working with those states and cities and jurisdictions that are interested and willing to partner with us to crack down on the legal use of firearms, particularly handguns.”

The president said there’s too much gun violence in America because legislators won’t stand up to the pro-gun lobby.

“In the absence of more, what I would consider, heroic and courageous stances from our legislators both at the state level and the federal level, it is hard to reduce the easy availability of guns,” Mr. Obama said. “And as long as you can go into some neighborhoods and it is easier for you to buy a firearm than it is for you to buy a book… we’re going to continue to see unnecessary violence.”




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[WRW]

Is that a misprint: "to crack down on the legal use of firearms, particularly handguns"? Somehow I don't think so.

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[dorminWS]

Any fiction the gun-grabbers and particularly the Obamunists can seize upon, no matter how transparent, they will use to attempt to infringe our right to keep and bear arms. That's certainly not news at this point.

It's always been interesting to me that the entire Obama administration can conspire through schemes like executive orders, Fast and Furious, Operation Choke point, and myriad acts of blatant executive and administrative fiat in excess of statutory authority to infringe second amendment rights without falling afoul of the following statute discussed on the U. S. Justice Department's website at:

http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/crm/242fin.php

Where it says:
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"DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW

Summary:
Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
For the purpose of Section 242, acts under "color of law" include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the their lawful authority, but also acts done beyond the bounds of that official's lawful authority, if the acts are done while the official is purporting to or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. Persons acting under color of law within the meaning of this statute include police officers, prisons guards and other law enforcement officials, as well as judges, care providers in public health facilities, and others who are acting as public officials. It is not necessary that the crime be motivated by animus toward the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin of the victim.

The offense is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a life term, or the death penalty, depending upon the circumstances of the crime, and the resulting injury, if any.

TITLE 18, U.S.C., SECTION 242

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, ... shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnaping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death."
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So why ain't Eric Holder and a couple of hundred other Obamunists defending a criminal prosecution along with Senator Menendez? Silly question. It's their Justice Department. Since they hold the keys to the candy store, they decide who gets to steal candy without going to jail, I guess.

[Bags30]

ATF and grabbers ain't done. They are just testing the boundaries to see what will stick. I would be surprised if they started funneling 10" AR's with SIG Braces and green tips to bad guys to renew gun gontrol fever.