Dogma v the US Constitution

For John, BLUF:  If they do this they will eventually come for your weapons.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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From The Washington Examiner we have this headline, "Obama to ban bullets by executive action, threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle".

As promised, President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country, the AR-15 style semi-automatic, with a ban on one of the most-used AR bullets by sportsmen and target shooters.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this month revealed that it is proposing to put the ban on 5.56 mm ammo on a fast track, immediately driving up the price of the bullets and prompting retailers, including the huge outdoors company Cabela’s, to urge sportsmen to urge Congress to stop the president.

OK, so maybe this is just someone's fantasy.  On the other hand, if one wanted to ban guns, this would be a way of taking s bunch of them out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.  And, without doing intrusive house searches.  By banning the sale of ammo the ability to fire the weapon would soon dry up.  Shooting is a somewhat perishable skill.

Hat tip to Memeorandum.

Regards  —  Cliff