article_snippet: The Obama administration has put the brakes on The Obama administration plans to ban a popular type of rifle ammunition after an onslaught of criticism from both the public and lawmakers. '
article_snippet: After much pressure from a large, bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives, I am pleased that the Obama Administration has abandoned the Obama Administration attack on the Second Amendment,' Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte said in a statement. '
article_snippet: It is entirely inappropriate for President Obama to stretch President Obama regulatory authority to implement partisan policies that Congress has refused to enact,' President Obama added. '
article_snippet: Such an abuse of power would impact many law-abiding gun owners and restrict the American people's ability to legally and responsibly exercise the American people Second Amendment rights.'
article_snippet: Under no circumstances should the ATF adopt a standard that will ban ammunition that is overwhelmingly used by law-abiding Americans for legitimate purposes,' the lawmakers wrote to the ATF Director B. Todd Jones.
article_snippet: On Monday a group of 53 Republican senators complained in a similar letter to ATF Director B. Todd Jones that efforts to respect the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – which protects the 'right to bear arms' – 'require not only access to firearms, but to bullets.' 'If law-abiding gun owners cannot obtain rifle ammunition, or face substantial difficulty in finding ammunition available and at reasonable prices because government entities are banning such ammunition, then the Second Amendment is at risk,' a group of 53 Republican senators claimed.
article_snippet: President Obama failed to pass gun control through Congress, so President Obama tried impose President Obama political agenda through executive fiat.
article_snippet: But every gun owner in America needs to understand President Obama hatred of the Second Amendment has not changed.'