control by executive order. tonight, the head of one of the country s largest shooting groups is here to weigh in. larry keane is senior vice president and general council of the national shooting sports foundation. larry, good to see you tonight. good to be here, shannon. thanks for having us on. okay. i want to explain a little bit. the atf is putting out a process in which it may take away an exemption that currently exists for certain kinds of ammunition that are sold and widely, widely used. now, there are those who believe that because the administration s not been able to get tougher gun control restrictions and outlawing certain things, firearms that they wanted to through congress they re going to use executive action to go about this another way. and tonight you re actually demanding an apology from the atf. tell us why. well, we ve been talking to the atf about these issues for some time. and then on friday the 13th at 4:00 they put out this proposal that would ban th
officer has been shot through a vest and killed with armor so-called armor-piercing ammunition. so this exemption s been around for 30 years. there are hundreds and hundreds of millions of rounds of this ammunition that are used by consumers lawfully for rifle target shooting every year in the united states without harming police officers. and rifle ammunition that s made with lead ammunition is also unfortunately capable of penetrating vests as well. and so banning this is not going to advance law officers safety. certainly a goal we all share the industry shares, atf shares, everyone does of course. but the problem is they re going to ban an ammunition that s widely used that they ve granted the exemption for 30 years because it s for sporting purpose. which is what the law allows. our problem is the way atf is approaching this is they are misconstrueing the law. congress is very clear, they
reason he was released from jail in north carolina he would be wanted by immigrations and customs enforce, a little late, right? authorities in north carolina say they believe the quadruple murder was drug-related but they still won t release more details including the cause of death, shannon. trace thank you very much. there is new fallout tonight from an administration proposal to ban ammunition for certain firearms. critics are calling it gun control by executive order. tonight, the head of one of the country s largest shooting groups is here to weigh in. larry keane is senior vice president and general council of the national shooting sports foundation. larry, good to see you tonight. good to be here, shannon. thanks for having us on. okay. i want to explain a little bit. the atf is putting out a process in which it may take away an exemption that currently exists for certain kinds of ammunition that are sold and widely, widely used. now, there are those who believe that
penetrating vests as well. and so banning this is not going to advance law officers safety. certainly a goal we all share the industry shares, atf shares, everyone does of course. but the problem is they re going to ban an ammunition that s widely used that they ve granted the exemption for 30 years because it s for sporting purpose. which is what the law allows. our problem is the way atf is approaching this is they are misconstrueing the law. congress is very clear, they were only intending to ban certain types of ammunition that was designed specifically for use in handguns not rifle ammunition, for hunting and target shooting. all right. we ve got to leave it there. we re out of time. but we know chairman goodlatte we had on last night, is pushing for this as well. we know you are too. thank you larry. thank you shannon. attorney general eric holder giving five interviews so far to major media outlets. but he is refusing to talk with fox news.y he
ammunition used by law-abiding americans for rifle target shooting in modern sporting rifles, ar-15s that are the most popular rifles being sold today. and the concern is that they weren t able to ban those firearms, which is a stated position of the administration. and so now they re trying to ban one of the most common types of ammunition that s used. and ammunition that s never been used to harm a police officer. there s not one single documented case where a police officer has been shot through a vest and killed with armor so-called armor-piercing ammunition. so this exemption s been around for 30 years. there are hundreds and hundreds of millions of rounds of this ammunition that are used by consumers lawfully for rifle target shooting every year in the united states without harming police officers. and rifle ammunition that s made with lead ammunition is also unfortunately capable of