Columbia, SC -- In a 17-page document, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, has proposed banning .556 green tip ammunition. "It's something that truly could have a ...

SEVIERVILLE (WATE) – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is proposing to ban a certain type of bullet used in the popular AR-15 rifle. The agency has said that the “green tip” bullets put the ...

Photo illustration of the green tip 5.56 ammo that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is considering banning for its armor piercing ability. Ross Hailey Star-Telegram ...

A popular type of ammunition for AR-15 semiautomatic rifles won’t disappear from shelves after a federal agency reconsidered a proposed ban. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ...

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Green tip ammunition is under fire right now for its ability to not only pierce body armor, but the fact that it can be fired from handguns. The same green tip bullet ...

The old joke about government covering up wrongdoing is, “Move along folks, nothing to see here.” But that’s exactly what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) told Americans ...

A possible ban on armor-piercing bullets has local gun stores running low.Word that the federal government is considering banning the manufacture of steel-tipped bullets has produced a run on them.

SUMMERVILLE — Gun enthusiasts have been stocking up on green-tip bullets amid news of a proposed federal ban on manufacture and importation of certain types of the ammunition, retailers said. “They ...