Republicans continue to push for their agenda to protect the Americans from US President Joe Biden’s latest backdoor plan and ammunition grabs to limit gun ownership.
In a letter written by the Republicans addressing Biden’s agenda, Republican lawmakers, led by Missouri Reps. Vicky Hartzler Sam Graves, the Republicans called for Biden to reconsider the action, arguing that his plans blatantly infringe on the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
“It has come to our attention that the United States Army is considering an unusual decision to ban the commercial production of certain types of 5.56mm caliber ammunition produced by the Government-Owned, Contractor Operated facility known as the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant,” the letter read.
“Lake City currently produces a significant portion of this type of 5.56mm ammunition for the commercial market. Having the ability to produce this product for commercial sale allows the operating contractor to maintain capacity and keep the facility at a high state of readiness, at no cost to the government. This ensures the Army is ready to ramp up production in the event of a national emergency.” It added.
Moreover, the Republicans also explained in the letter how Biden’s gun ban plan violates law-abiding gun owners’ right to legally purchase or use lawful semi-automatic rifles.
“The decision will exacerbate an already serious shortage of ammunition in the commercial market currently facing law-abiding gun owners. Severely limiting the commercially available 5.56mm ammunition, which is most popularly used in modern sporting rifles (MSRs), is effectively a politically sanctioned semi-automatic rifle ban.” They explained.
This blatantly infringes on the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution by limiting law-abiding gun owners’ ability to legally purchase or use lawful semi-automatic rifles,” the lawmakers claimed.
“We urge you to immediately end consideration of this action, which we view as a backdoor attempt to bypass Congress and ban legal and highly popular commercial ammunition and certain semi-automatic rifles used by law-abiding Americans across the country.” They added.
Last week, the National Shooting Sports Foundation warned that Biden’s gun ban plan could put the country’s national security and military readiness at risk.
“NSSF has been in contact with officials at Winchester Ammunition regarding the Biden administration’s consideration of halting sales of excess M855/SS109 ammunition. Winchester was informed that the government is considering restricting the manufacturing and commercial sale of legal ammunition produced at the Lake City, Mo., facility,” NSSF Public Affairs Managing Director Mark Oliva claimed.
“This policy to deny the sale of excess ammunition not only would freeze over 30 percent of the 5.56 mm/.223 caliber ammunition used by law-abiding gun owners, it risks the ammunition industry’s ability to surge production capacity for national defense if the costs to maintain the present workforce isn’t recouped through sales to the civilian market.” He explained.
Oliva also warned that the new restrictive approach could “would immediately jeopardize 400-500 jobs, significantly reduce the availability of ammunition in the marketplace, and put the nation’s warfighting readiness at risk. Both NSSF and Winchester strongly oppose this action,” Oliva continued. “This threat of restricting ammunition sales is another example of political agendas interfering with lawful commerce of law-abiding gun owners.”
