Lawmakers offer dueling ammunition bills
House lawmakers are offering dueling bills in response to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive’s decision to retract a rule banning certain rifle ammunition.
{mosads}Rep. Patrick McHenry’s (R-N.C.) bill aims to protect all forms of ammunition, while Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) is offering legislation to ban armor-piercing bullets made for handguns.
Click the video above to find out more about each bill, and to learn why McHenry says Engel’s doesn’t have a prayer of passing Congress.
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