WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy blamed Democrats for the Senate shooting down a House-passed resolution to prevent rules that forbid using braces that steady and improve the aim of handguns.
“The Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau has never had a problem with pistol braces. None Zero. Zilch. Nada. Until President Biden became president,” Kennedy said in a floor speech, the YouTube video of which the Madisonville Republican distributed. “Now, President Biden and his ATF have promulgated a rule. It says attaching a pistol brace to a pistol somehow magically stops the pistol from being a pistol and turns it into a short-barreled rifle.”
House Joint Resolution 44 was an expression of disapproval for a recent rule by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives that effectively would turn handguns using the braces into short-barreled guns that are illegal under existing laws. Owners of the braces who didn’t register their braces could face up to 10 years in prison.
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