The best part about all of this is that steel core ammo offers no advantage to sportsmen over lead core ammo, making the whole flap just a demonstration of gun freak paranoia.
On top of that, steel core 5.56 ammo hasn't been banned at all.
Yeh, yeh, I know- "But they wanna do it!"
So what if they did? Enthusiasts would still be able to buy all the lead core 5.56 ammo that their hearts desire.
Must be one of those "Freedumb!" things.
The uproar wasn't necessarily about banning this specific ammo. It was the ATFs reasoning. That this ammo can penetrate soft body armor from a handgun. Banning green tip ammo because of that reason opens up the door to ban all .223 and 5.56. Because they can all penetrate soft body armor.