Joe Biden’s Russian Ammo Ban: A Backdoor Attack on the Second Amendment?
By
Peter Suciu
Published
August 30, 2021
President Joe Biden campaigned on a platform to unify the nation, but since taking office many of his actions have seemed to run contrary to that message. That included his repeated calls for gun control and to ban popular semi-automatic rifles, which are used widely in both red and blue states. That was hardly a unifying message, and by taking executive action to address gun violence—because he claimed lawmakers wouldn’t—the president further suggested that he’s willing to let the country “unify” around his actions.
Now Biden is seeking to punish gun owners and at the same time chastise Russia by further banning the importation of firearms ammunition even as the country faces the greatest shortage of cartridges it has ever seen.
“New and pending permit applications for the permanent importation of firearms and ammunition manufactured or located in Russia will be subject to a policy of denial,” the U.S. State Department announced last week. The start date for the “ban” would begin on September 7, 2021, while the sanctions are expected to be in place for a minimum of twelve months. The sanctions were a response to the alleged poisoning last year by the Russian government of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/08/joe-bidens-russian-ammo-ban-a-backdoor-attack-on-the-second-amendment/