A press release from Congressman Randy Hultgren:

Hultgren Calls Out Backdoor Ban on Sporting Ammunition

Randy Hultgren

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren today joined 237 of his colleagues in expressing strong concern to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director B. Todd Jones about the President’s plan to ban commonly used ammunition for sporting and home protection firearms.

The ATF recently announced a “Framework” with the intention to ban the manufacture and importation of such commonly used ammunition, although the law is clear about a “sporting purposes” exemption.

In the letter, the Members of Congress write that the ATF’s “Framework” “establishes an unduly restrictive standard, does not comport with the letter or spirit of the law, and will interfere with Second Amendment rights by disrupting the market for ammunition that law abiding Americans use for sporting and other legitimate purposes.”

They also express concern that the agency’s “Framework” was not published in the federal register, which is required when the Executive Branch creates a new rule.

Read the full letter here: http://hultgren.house.gov/sites/hultgren.house.gov/files/2015-03-04_Letter_ATF_APA_Ammo_Framework.pdf

James Pasco, the executive director of the national Fraternal Order of Police, which represents 325,000 officers, has said that police aren’t threatened by the ammunition: “Any ammunition is of concern to police in the wrong hands, but this specific round has historically not posed a law enforcement problem.”