Judge upholds ATF's decision banning ammo designed for AK-47

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Judge upholds ATF's decision banning ammo designed for AK-47

Gene Johnson, Associated Press

Updated 7:25 pm, Wednesday, August 10, 2016

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a decision by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to ban ammunition originally designed for AK-47 assault rifles.

The decision by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour in Seattle came in a lawsuit brought by a Redmond-based arms importer, P.W. Arms Inc., which obtained ATF permits to import more than 100 million rounds of the Russian-made ammunition, known as 7N6.

The company said in its lawsuit that in mid-2013 it successfully imported nearly 38 million rounds for civilian resale, but that in early 2014, the ATF halted further shipments as they arrived in Norfolk, Virginia. The agency tested the bullets to confirm they were armor-piercing and barred their importation for resale, a decision the company said cost it $3 million.

"The administrative record contains no evidence that 7N6 was ever used to kill or injure a police officer," the company's lawsuit said. "In fact, before ATF banned 7N6, this ammunition was used lawfully by sportsmen as rifle ammunition for target shooting."



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[aikoaiko]

1. "The bullets contain a steel core & can be fired from a handgun, and thus classify as armor-piercing

— even if the handguns that can fire them are uncommon."

Sigh. Another fine example of the BATFE earning their reputation as dickweeds.

You would think the BATFE would test the rounds before permitting them to be imported.

[Angel Martin]

2. for the police worried about armor piercing (eg Chicago)

this rifle shooting 308 is a lot more dangerous than low velocity ak ammunition

[Travis_0004]

3. The ATF has no clue what it is doing

The ATF once ruled that a shoelace was a machine gun.

On the plus side, it only took them 3 years to reverse that ruling.