Senate
Resolution
23
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
23
BY
SCHULTZ
A
Resolution
supporting
the
use
of
5.56
mm
rifle
1
ammunition
made
with
a
bullet
having
a
steel
core.
2
WHEREAS,
the
United
States
Bureau
of
Alcohol,
3
Tobacco,
Firearms
and
Explosives
has
recently
4
considered
a
ban
on
the
manufacture,
import,
5
distribution,
and
sale
of
5.56
mm
“green
tip”
rifle
6
ammunition;
and
7
WHEREAS,
rifles
chambered
for
the
5.56
mm
round
are
8
among
the
most
popular
and
widely
owned
in
the
United
9
States
and
Iowa;
and
10
WHEREAS,
the
federal
Law
Enforcement
Officers
11
Protection
Act
of
1986
codified
the
legal
definition
of
12
armor
piercing
ammunition;
and
13
WHEREAS,
the
5.56
mm
rifle
ammunition
has
been
14
legally
manufactured
and
sold
in
the
United
States,
15
prior
to
and
after
the
enactment
of
the
federal
Law
16
Enforcement
Officers
Protection
Act
of
1986
that
17
is
now
invoked
in
support
of
a
possible
ban
by
the
18
United
States
Bureau
of
Alcohol,
Tobacco,
Firearms
and
19
Explosives;
and
20
WHEREAS,
the
properties
of
the
bullet
and
ammunition
21
have
not
changed
since
the
year
1986;
and
22
WHEREAS,
the
ammunition
is
no
more
dangerous
23
to
law
enforcement
or
to
the
public
than
any
other
24
metal-jacketed
rifle
ammunition
which
would
not
be
25
subject
to
the
ban
under
consideration;
and
26
WHEREAS,
the
Fraternal
Order
of
Police,
the
world’s
27
largest
organization
of
sworn
law
enforcement
officers,
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has
stated
that
the
specific
round
has
not
historically
1
posed
a
law
enforcement
problem;
and
2
WHEREAS,
the
5.56
mm
rifle
ammunition
ban
is
not
3
reasonably
related
to
a
legitimate
law
enforcement
4
purpose
or
to
any
other
hypothetical
risk;
and
5
WHEREAS,
the
only
effect
of
such
a
ban
would
be
to
6
restrict
the
availability
of
an
otherwise
legal,
widely
7
used,
and
popular
5.56
mm
rifle
ammunition;
and
8
WHEREAS,
the
United
States
Bureau
of
Alcohol,
9
Tobacco,
Firearms
and
Explosives
has
not
withdrawn
or
10
suspended
the
agency’s
procedure
to
consider
a
ban
of
11
the
5.56
mm
rifle
ammunition,
but
has
merely
deferred
12
the
decision
to
ban
such
ammunition
pending
further
13
action
to
process
the
comments
received
and
to
evaluate
14
the
issues
raised
by
such
comments;
and
15
WHEREAS,
such
a
ban
would
unreasonably
infringe
upon
16
the
Second
Amendment
rights
of
Iowans;
NOW
THEREFORE,
17
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
18
opposes
any
such
ban
of
5.56
mm
rifle
ammunition;
and
19
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
Senate
supports
the
20
future
use
of
5.56
mm
rifle
ammunition
by
Iowans
in
the
21
same
manner
as
Iowans
have
previously
enjoyed
prior
to
22
the
proposed
ban
of
such
ammunition.
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