PA Bill Number: HB1588
Title: In enforcement, further providing for revocation, suspension or denial of license, permit or registration; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, ...
Description: In enforcement, further providing for revocation, suspension or denial of license, permit or registration; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, . ...
Last Action: Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES
Last Action Date: Jun 11, 2025
Seattle judge upholds ATF's decision banning ammo designed for AK-47s :: 08/10/2016
The decision came in a lawsuit brought by Redmond-based P.W. Arms Inc., which obtained permits to import more than 100 million rounds of the Russian- and Eastern European-made ammunition.
A federal judge in Seattle has upheld a decision by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to ban ammunition originally designed for AK-47 assault rifles.
The decision Wednesday by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour came in a lawsuit brought by Redmond-based P.W. Arms Inc., which obtained permits to import more than 100 million rounds of the Russian- and Eastern European-made ammunition known as 7N6. When the first shipments arrived in early 2014, the ATF deemed them “armor-piercing” and barred their importation for civilian resale.
The company said the agency misinterpreted the definition of armor-piercing bullets under federal law. But the judge disagreed, saying they contain a steel core and can be fired from a handgun.
Coughenour noted that P.W. Arms never disputed the bullets can pierce body armor, and he called the company’s arguments disingenuous.
