NRA-ILA :: Fact Sheets - Brady Campaign Caught Lying About FN Model "Five seveN" Pistol

NRA-ILA :: Fact Sheets: "Brady Campaign Caught Lying About FN Model 'Five seveN' Pistol
Given the large number of lies that anti-gun groups have told over the years, we hesitate to say that this is the most dishonest and deceptive thing we have ever heard from them. But what the Brady Campaign is saying about Fabrique Nationale`s Model 'Five seveN' pistol is among the most dishonest and deceptive to date.
The 'Five seveN' is a conventional semi-automatic pistol designed to fire various types of ammunition in Fabrique Nationale`s (FN) new caliber, 5.7x28mm. As required under federal law,1 only non-armor-penetrating types of 5.7mm ammunition are imported for sale to the public, however. One such type (designated SS196) is loaded with the Hornady V-MAX ('Varmint'-Max) varmint bullet. Some ranchers, who would otherwise carry a rifle for varmint control, have taken to the 'Five seveN,' which is easier to carry when working in the field. A hollowpoint bullet round (SS192) was imported initially, but FN has discontinued it in favor of the V-MAX round.
There is nothing special about the 'Five seveN.' It is a semi-automatic pistol, just like millions of other semi-automatic pistols. BATFE has determined that it is 'particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes,' and has approved its importation. There is also nothing special about the 5.7mm ammunition being sold to the public. V-MAX bullets, introduced in 1996, are used in nine other popular calibers. BATFE has examined the V-MAX round and determined that it is 'not armor piercing ammunition.' (Emphasis in the original.)2
However, Brady Campaign (formerly Handgun Control) claims that the 'Five seveN' should be banned, further claiming that FN`s website says that 'Kevlar helmets and vests . . . will be penetrated'"