Over six years ago, the Obama administration tried to use the ATF to ban steel- and alloy-based ammunition under the guise of banning “armor-piercing” ammunition. At the same time, the Obama EPA tried to regulate or ban lead ammunition under the Toxic Substances Control Act, an attempt that was smacked down by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Kevin D. Williamson at the National Review wrote a great article in 2015 about it titled, “A Pincer Movement on Ammunition,” which described the end goal of slowly making ammunition impractical to obtain.
The Gun Grab Lobby is attempting something similar this year, but with guns instead of ammunition. On the one hand, as before, is every Second Amendment advocate’s favorite bureaucracy: the ATF. On the other hand are trial lawyers, emboldened by some lawless judges, state legislatures, and the Biden Administration willing to ignore the text of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) and the U.S. Constitution.
