Geez I wonder why everyone was buying all that ammo..........

[ccd]

This is from Jim Shepard at the Shooting Wire



No Valentine Coming From the North

Despite the fact that tomorrow's supposed to be the day to show love and affection, it looks like Canadian firearms enthusiasts aren't much in love with parts of the government right now.

The reason? A report making the rounds in Canada that says officials have it on "good authority" that our State Department may be on the verge of cutting off all imports of certain calibers of ammunition.

Ammos listed for this rumored ban include the .50BMG, 7.62x39mm Soviet, 7.62x51mm NATO, .308 Winchester, 5.56 NATO and .223 Remington. Additionally, we're hearing that an expansion of this proposed ban might be broadened to include the 6.8mm SPC, 9mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP- among others.

In other words, State Department officials may be floating a trial balloon to see if there are howls of protest, or whimpers of compliance. Canadian elected officials who have directed this information to me say the move seems to be motivated by "emboldened" anti-gun officials who think they have a kindred spirit in President Obama.

Additionally, Canadian officials tell me they are hearing rumblings of blanket export bans on certain firearms to Canada and the attachment of DSP-83 End Use Certificates (with their $250 Export Fee) attached to all other types of American firearms.

Should that happen, opposition leaders remind Canadian firearms owners, it will not affect European Union imports. Firearms and ammo exported from Europe would be unaffected- and certainly at far more appealing prices than comparable U-S firearms. In effect, the State Department would be hammering gun manufacturers, distributors and exporters in the United States while simultaneously making firearms -and ammunition - ownership and acquisition more difficult for Canadians. To antigun politicians, this must smell like roses. To pro-gun politicians in Canada, it smells fishy, and they're trying to drum up awareness on both sides of the border because it is "still being fought and the battle isn't over yet."

But it looks like an indirect campaign against firearms and ammo may have already begun.

You read it first here - and we'll keep you posted.

[MikeBjerum]

ccd,

I shocked and really feel for you having to live under a repressive Government like that.  I'm so glad to have our new President, Mr. Obama, because he has promissed us that that will never happen here.

Keep us posted and we'll remember you.

[ccd]

Mr Shepard worded that part funny, but if I understand it, it is the US State dept that is going to ban this ammunition from being imported into the US. Canadians would be affected because the US State Dept would essentially ban the exportation, from the US, of all nonPC firearms, and all other firearms exported from the US would have a $250 dollar fee per firearm, effectively ending US sporting arms exports. I am not from your neighbor to the north , I am from your neighbor to the south, Texas! I ama guessing that the Us Dept of State is floating this idea to other countries to ensure that there were no major complaints from other countries before the ammo importation ban goes into place.


MB is there any way you could call Mr Shepard and confirm that is indeed the US State Dept that is planning this?

[5thprofession47]

I had to read that a couple of times too. It appears this is an issue with exporting TO Canada, not an issue of importing ammo INTO the US.

[MikeBjerum]

OK ... so I screwed up.  I understood it to to be all Canadian.  Maybe Mr. Bane could call the Presidents office, because he promised us this wouldn't happen, and since we like Canada so much I don't see how someone in power could get by with this.

Don't you just love my attitude today ... That's OK ... my boss hates it too 

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[pops1911]

It seems to me that the time for action approaches sooner than expected!!!! We need to get ready to fix things once & for all!! Our grandkids & greatgrandkids have already been mortgaged against our will & now the rest of our freedoms will be stolen one by one - like the proverbial bird flying ever decreasing circles until he flies up his own a$$.

Standby!!!