Two California brothers face potential prison sentences of up to five years each for allegedly enlisting a small-town Wisconsin police chief in a scheme to illegally import nearly half a million armor-piercing rounds into the United States. Federal prosecutors state in online court records that Jacob and Darin Dowd operated a gun dealership in the community of Vacaville. In June 2021, Jacob Dowd submitted an application to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) seeking to import approximately 490,000 armor-piercing rounds from Smart Energeo Sistemi, an arms company based in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Federal prosecutors say a small-town Wisconsin police chief tried to help California gun dealers import illegal armor-piercing rounds from Europe (Linn Police Department) While federal law generally prohibits the importation of such ammunition, it makes an exception for law enforcement agencies.…