MS SC617

Urges United States Congress to take immediate legislative action preventing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) from banning common rifle ammunition, specifically 5.45 x 39 ammunition and M855 ball ammunition.

Asserts that M855 ammunition does not meet the legal definition of "armor-piercing ammunition" under the Gun Control Act of 1968, as it has a lead core with steel tip rather than a core made of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium.

Objects to ATF's withdrawal of the "sporting exemption" for M855 ammunition and calls for Congress to clarify federal statute and remove ATF's broad discretionary authority in determining ammunition classifications.

Affirms that Mississippi law will control the definition of "armor-piercing ammunition" used in rifles.

Directs transmission of the resolution to Mississippi's congressional delegation, the President of the United States, the ATF Director, and the Capitol Press Corps.