Washington, D.C. — On June 13, Rep. Barry Moore voted in support of H.J.Res.44, a joint resolution that would block the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Administration (ATF)’s unconstitutional pistol brace rule. The rule, titled “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached Stabilizing Braces“, would reclassify pistols as short-barreled rifles if they have a stabilizing brace attachment, even though many disabled veterans and other Americans rely on these braces to use their firearms.
Under this rule, otherwise lawful gun owners could face up to 10 years in jail and thousands of dollars in fines if they do not register pistols with stabilizing braces with the ATF.
“This malignant rule, enacted by Biden’s army of unelected bureaucrats at the ATF, turns 29 million Americans into felons overnight,” said Moore. “House Republicans are stepping in to halt this unconstitutional rule that seeks to disarm millions of disabled Americans, including many veterans, just for possessing legal firearms with stabilizing braces. This isn’t about public safety: this is about the Democrats’ authoritarian desire to systematically disarm the American people.”
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