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elleng

(130,857 posts)
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 07:42 PM Jan 2016

‪#‎StopGunViolence‬ ‪#‎GunSense‬ ‪#‎GunRegulations‬ 7 actions

‪Martin O'Malley tweeted:

1. Use procurement contracts to advance gun safety.

2. Stop defending—and work to overturn—gun dealer immunity.

3. Disarm and prosecute domestic abusers who break the law.

4. Ban 'cop-killer' ammunition.

5. Alert law enforcement of failed gun sales.

6. Require the responsible storage of guns at home.

7. Strengthen enforcement and audits of licensed dealers.

https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/sevenactions?source=feed_text&story_id=10208189371549420

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‪#‎StopGunViolence‬ ‪#‎GunSense‬ ‪#‎GunRegulations‬ 7 actions (Original Post) elleng Jan 2016 OP
Is this list from around 10 years ago? pipoman Jan 2016 #1
January 4, 2016, for your information. elleng Jan 2016 #2
I haven't heard the term "cop killer bullets" for at least 10 years pipoman Jan 2016 #3
I have not either Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #5
what's cop killer ammunition? Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #4
'Nearly 30 years ago, the federal Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act banned elleng Jan 2016 #6
KICK elleng Jan 2016 #7

elleng

(130,857 posts)
6. 'Nearly 30 years ago, the federal Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act banned
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 08:40 PM
Jan 2016

the manufacture and sale of armor-piercing “cop-killer” bullets that could be fired from handguns. But echoing existing law, it also allowed exemptions for ammunition “primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes.”Mar 12, 2015'

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ammo-atf-delays-ban-on-armor-piercing-bullets-20150312-story.html

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