House lawmakers debated on Thursday the constitutionality of a new pistol brace rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, among other actions related to Second Amendment rights.
Under the new ATF rule — called “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached Stabilizing Braces” — gun owners who have a stabilizing brace attachment on their firearm must register the device by May 31 or face up to 10 years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines.
Since 2012, when the Obama administration’s ATF declared the brace would not convert a pistol’s classification to a short-barrel rifle and subjected it to the controls of the National Firearms Act, 40 million of these braces have been in the U.S. public circulation. “In 2020, per capita, murder rates were 40% higher in states won by Donald Trump than those won by Joe Biden,” she said. “Nine of the 10 states with the highest gun mortality rates, including my state of Missouri, are red states.”
The pistol brace rule is among several actions taken by the ATF that Republicans are looking to take down by defunding, Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia recently told The Washington Times. Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida Republican, said at Thursday’s hearing, which no ATF officials attended, that he plans to use the House’s new rules to eliminate their jobs.
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