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- Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:43 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Armor Piercing - Sell Buy Make Use ?
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Re: Armor Piercing - Sell Buy Make Use ?
As dumb as a 308 caliber "handgun" sounds, because it HAS been used in a handgun it falls under this. It's an unecessary law that is unecessarily vague.
- Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Armor Piercing - Sell Buy Make Use ?
- Replies: 12
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Re: Armor Piercing - Sell Buy Make Use ?
The classification of armor is irrelevent to the way this law is written. Armor piercing ammunition is defined by what the projectile is made of, not what it can actually penetrate. Like you said, plenty of rifle rounds can penetrate most commercial body armor.
Per ATF's website:
18 U.S.C., § 921(a)(17)(B)
A projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium; or
A full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile.
Per ATF's website:
18 U.S.C., § 921(a)(17)(B)
A projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium; or
A full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile.