According to this article, one gun owner reported that “that they had been contacted by the ATF to turn in their recently purchased flare rounds.” The rounds had been previously classified as legal and non-explosive, but according to the letter, that had all changed.
The ATF’s rationale was that 40mm flare rounds weren’t small arms ammunition but in fact “low explosives,” in spite of the fact that flares have no explosive qualities whatsoever.
That may seem like a minor difference, but the reclassification gives the ATF the power to confiscate them, the article claims.
URGENT: ATF Reclassifies New Ammo as Illegal... Confiscation Begins Immediately
The ATF’s rationale was that 40mm flare rounds weren’t small arms ammunition but in fact “low explosives,” in spite of the fact that flares have no explosive qualities whatsoever.
That may seem like a minor difference, but the reclassification gives the ATF the power to confiscate them, the article claims.
URGENT: ATF Reclassifies New Ammo as Illegal... Confiscation Begins Immediately
