Q&A ABOUT US AMMUNITION LAWS
WHAT ARE THE LIMITS ON AMMUNITION SALES?
Four
states - Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois and Connecticut - require a
license for ammunition purchases, and a background check is required to
obtain a license, according to the San Francisco-based Law Center to
Prevent Gun Violence.
But
there are no federal restrictions on the volumes of ammunition sales,
and there is no national system for tracking ammunition purchases.
'I
don't know how the government would decide what amount would be
appropriate,' said Lawrence Keane, senior vice president and general
counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
HAVE THERE BEEN PREVIOUS EFFORTS TO REGULATE AMMUNITION SALES?
Gun
control advocates pushed for limits on ammunition sales after the 2012
massacre at a Colorado movie theater by a gunman, James Holmes, who
legally purchased thousands of bullets from online retailers. Their
efforts largely fizzled.
U.S.
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, filed legislation in May that
would restrict online ammunition sales. Similar measures filed by two
other Democrats after the Colorado shootings went nowhere.
'I don't know what it's going to take for us to move on some of this common-sense legislation,' Watson Coleman said.
IS IT UNUSUAL TO HAVE THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION STORED?
An attorney for family members of shooter Syed Farook says no.
'As
a gun owner myself, I myself probably have four or five thousand rounds
of bullets that I keep at home,' Attorney David Chesley said at a news
conference Friday. 'And the reason why you buy them in bulk is because
they're cheaper that way.
'There
will be shortages of bullets that occur very commonly where Homeland
Security will order 2 million of a certain kind of bullet and you can't
get that bullet, it's not available for many months.
Source: Associated Press
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