Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced the 'Abolish the ATF Act' on Tuesday following a controversial ruling by the agency that tightens regulations on pistol-stabilizing braces.
in my district who enjoy pistol shooting and rely on stabilizing braces to be able to engage in the activity," he said in a phone interview Wednesday morning."The recent actions from the ATF essentially allow them to make case-by-case determinations on whether a pistol with a stabilizing brace is legal or an unlawful, sawed-off shotgun."
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., talks with reporters as they walk down the steps of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.affect stabilizing braces that are"objectively designed and intended as a ‘stabilizing brace’ for use by individuals with disabilities, and not for shouldering the weapon as a rifle. Such stabilizing braces are designed to conform to the arm and not as a buttstock.
"I think they are under the flawed conception that a stabilizing brace increases the lethality or danger of a pistol," he said."It seems the ATF is on a snipe hunt for regulatory action that virtue signals to the anti-gun left, but that has no real practical safety impact on Americans." "I believe that you are likely to see ATF bureaucrats hauled before the Judiciary Committee to explain themselves in the coming weeks and months," said Gaetz, who also sits on the committee."Because we’re hearing this very loudly from our constituents, and the reason I filed this bill is, frankly, I think that the ATF should have to justify their existence at all."
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