NY: Retarded EnvironMENTAList in Gov't

[Berek]

Ok, I got one for ya...

Amend the definition of "armor piercing ammunition" to include certain new construction materials, and would prohibit the possession of "armor piercing, frangible and devastator ammunition" (A. 2837 – Koon)

Is on the books to be voted on. Here's the deal. More and more ranges are being shut down due to lead contamination. Solution: The "Green" bullet. But what is the green bullet?

GlobalSecurity.Org says this:

Frangible Ammunition {snip} The Interagency Working Group for Non-Toxic Small Arms Ammunition, also known as the "Green Bullet" team, initially focused on non-lead bullet material composed of tin and tungsten is the leading candidate for use in military ammunition.

So, in essence, the frangible bullet was the original environmentally safe bullet.

Now, it really cracks me up that ANYONE with 1/1MTH of a clue would consider "Frangible" ammunition as armor piercing. This type of ammunition also provides a safety factor as the chance of a ricochet is greatly reduced because the bullet is designed to turn into powder upon impact with just about any material that would normally cause a ricochet. (Is there 2 "c"'s or 3???)

So, do we in NY forgo a cleaner environment and a collaterally safer bullet and keep using lead/copper jacketed lead? Or do we let ppl like Loon... I mean Koon... know that "Frangibles" cannot penetrate armor and thus their addition to this bill is preposterous?

Just my $0.02 worth... because I'm bored...

 

[RaggedClaws]

I saw that same bill and am shocked and disgusted. Well, not too shocked actually. Very disgusted though.

It's very dishonest and manipulative to associate "frangible" with "armor-piercing", which is exactly what they're trying to do.

 

[Berek]

That would be like classifying cooked spaghetti as a bull whip...

How many frangibles would it take to get to the tootsie-roll center of a tootsie-cop??? you know he got armor...
Besides... I'm no criminal, but it seems to me that, if they're gonna break the law by shooting at something that requires an armor-piercing bullet, the last thing they'll worry about is the legal obtaining of said round...

 

[gunsmith]

all I can say

is they are stupid, stupid, stupid.
I am so glad to be out of that cesspool, to paraphrase SW I will miss the Catskills and the Appalachians.