WASHINGTON – On Thursday Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) visited an Indoor Shooting and Archery Ranges in Junction City. Equipped with his custom-made targets for the occasion, he borrowed an AR-15 and shot the target.
It said “BACK DOOR BULLET BANS.” This is a reference to any kind of ban on ammunitions promulgated by Washington D.C. bureaucrats, like the attempt to ban a popular bullet for gun enthusiasts. Several weeks ago, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms proposed a ban on 223-derived, 5.56x45mm NATO ‘green tip’ rounds, commonly used on the AR-15 rifle.
The Ammunition and Firearms Protection Act, which ensures that popular rifle ammunition is still available for citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights. This legislation would prevent the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from classifying M855 ammunition as armor-piercing and from instituting any ban on the sale and manufacture of ammunition that is intended, marketed, and sold for rifle use.
Watch the shooting video here
Huelskamp has supported legislation to defend the Second Amendment in the 114th Session including:
- The Firearm Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act, which prohibits President Obama’s Administration from using financial regulation like Operation Choke Point to target the firearm industry.
- H.R. 131, which would strengthen federal protections for law-abiding Americans traveling with firearms or ammunition.
- The Recreational Lands Self-Defense Actwhich grants gun owners the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights when they are legally camping, hunting, and fishing on Army Corps property (Co-sponsored)
- The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015,which aims to respect state regulations of place and manner of carry while preserving the eligibility of law abiding Americans to enjoy their Second Amendment rights in all 50 states (Co-sponsored)
- Appropriations Letterto defund the UN Arms Trade Treaty and to prevent the use of the treaty for domestic prosecutions (Signed)