Almost as soon as Gov. Nathan Deal's hand-picked delegation arrived in Louisiana, the selling of his school rescue plan began. The governor led a delegation of nine lawmakers, plus Superintendent Richard Woods, to a gathering at Galatoire's to hear from a gaggle of Louisiana politicians and education leaders about the state's Recovery School District program.
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said this month it planned to restrict the armor-piercing 5.56 mm "M855 green tip" rifle bullet because of new handguns that use the ammunition and pose a greater threat to police. Previously the millions of inexpensive green-tip bullets sold each year were only for rifles typically used by target shooters and hunters.
"With few exceptions, manufacturers will be unable to produce such armor-piercing ammunition, importers will be unable to import such ammunition, and manufacturers and importers will be prohibited from selling or distributing the ammunition," the ATF said in its proposed rule.
All 10 of Georgia's U.S. House Republicans signed a letter to ATF director Todd Jones urging a different course:
Under the guise of interpreting a provision of the Gun Control Act of 1968, the BAFTE framework all but interprets the "sporting purposes" exemption out of law. The framework cannot reasonably be considered a clarification of the "sporting purposes" exemption when it essentially undercuts the entire purpose of the exemption. To us, the framework appears to be nothing but a brazen attempt to bypass Congress and the American people to enact President Obama's gun control agenda.
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