These rounds are capable of piercing light armor, such as bullet proof vests worn by law enforcement officers. The SS109 and M855 5.56 ammo have a "green tip" so they can be distinguished from ...

Surplus armor piercing ammunition — the same kind used by U.S. troops — might soon be much harder for the public to buy under a proposal being floated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco ...

As amended, the GCA prohibits the import, manufacture and distribution of "armor piercing ammunition" as defined by a few terms Attorney General Eric Holder's Department of Justice (DOJ ...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives proposed banning armor-piercing ammunition. Gun-rights activists objected. On Tuesday, the ATF meekly backed down. What gives? The federal ...

As amended, the GCA prohibits the import, manufacture and distribution of “armor piercing ammunition” as defined by a few terms Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice (DOJ ...

noting the Obama administration’s previous attempt to stem the commercial availability of the cartridges by “ … relabeling them ‘armor piercing ammunition.’” The Biden administration ...

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)(Alex Brandon - AP) WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Tuesday backed off a plan to block the sale and manufacture of a popular kind of armor-piercing ammunition in the ...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said it would study more than 80,000 comments about its proposal to prohibit the 5.56 mm M855 "green tip" ammunition before proceeding ...