As Ronald Regan said, “There you go again.” President Obama has used his pen and his minions in the vast federal bureaucracy to override the congress and the will of the majority of US citizens. Since most citizens know more gun control laws are useless and don’t want guns banned, he is trying to ban the most common, cheapest ammo for a type gun he hates.

Claiming .223 ammo is a danger to police officers because there are a few hunting pistols that fire it and it will penetrate tactical vest, the Obama administration is planning on banning it. I have warned for years that any rifle ammo, all of which will penetrate tactical vest, could be banned because there are a few hunting pistols made for firing rifle ammo.

The .223 round is a small caliber rifle round barely legal for deer hunting. But since the AR 15 fires it, the Obama administration wants to effectively stop ownership of those rifles by outlawing the ammo it fires. Other rifle ammo like the 30-06, 30-30, 308 and 7 mm mag, are all higher caliber bullets with more powder in the case.

The congress has refused to ban the AR 15 many times, knowing only law abiding citizens obey laws and criminals will get any gun or ammo they want illegally. The majority of citizens also know this fact. But the president wants to over ride the democratic process.

No police officer has ever had his tactical vest penetrated by a .223 round. Most police organizations, especially those representing the street officers that supposedly would be most protected if this ban had any relationship to reality, do not support the ban.

But the president knows what is best for all of us in all aspects of our lives.