Biden sets sights on restricting sale of armor-piercing bullets

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Biden sets sights on restricting sale of armor-piercing bullets

July 12th, 2016

Awake Goy

Law enforcement officials at the White House criticized President Obama in a private meeting in response to the Dallas shooting on Monday, saying he isn’t expressing enough support for police.

The president countered, saying the lawmen were forgetting his past statements. The meeting was also attended by Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke with CBS News about the armor-piercing bullets that were used by the sniper to penetrate the officer’s vests.

He addressed the fact that the administration has yet to be able to restrict the sale of armor-piercing rounds through the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

“We’ve been trying to do that for a long time,” Biden said. “The first bill introduced to stop armor-piercing bullets was introduced by Pat Moynihan and me years ago. And so what we get is the constant, constant push back from the gun lobby and the Republican Congress.”