Representative Tom Rooney (FL-R) is trying to save gun owners rights by introducing the Protecting Second Amendment Rights Act.
As we previously reported, President Obama is trying to ban ammunition behind closed doors because he could not get his way and get certain guns banned through Congress. Obama knows if he bans the ammunition people will not be able to use certain guns so in the end he will win. Rooney is having nothing to do with it and he is out to save the guns!Rooney issued the following statement:
The Obama administration’s proposal would unilaterally strip law-abiding hunters and sportsmen of their Second Amendment Rights. . . Congress has made it’s intentions clear that this ammunition is for sporting purposed and should not be restricted. We cannot and we will not stand by while the Obama administration tramples on the Constitution, the rule of law, and the Second Amendment rights of hunters.
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This bill would block the Obama Administration from banning the sale of certain ammunition. Obama is using the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) to propose a new regulation banning the sale of 5.56 mm/.223 caliber M855 ammo which is common to use for hunting and target practice. Aside from blocking the ATF from regulating this type of ammo the bill would also prevent them or any other federal agency from issuing or enforcing any new restrictions, altering the manufacturing process or sale of ammunition in the United States.
The bill’s text has yet to be published but it is entitled H.R. 1180. You can track it’s progress here.