Under a new Biden administration federal regulation, Americans would have 120 days to turn in or register 40 million legally-purchased, privately-owned guns that have a stabilizing brace.
Forty-six Republican senators have introduced legislation that blocks the Biden administration's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing the proposed “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached Stabilizing Braces” rule, which reclassifies pistols as short-barreled rifles if they have a stabilizing brace attachment.
“Gun owners…across our country have a fundamental right to bear arms that is protected by the Second Amendment. This proposal is yet another example of excessive overreach by the federal government that unfairly burdens law abiding firearm owners. I'm proud to join my colleagues in supporting a resolution to overturn this misguided rule,” said Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.
“In 2012, the Obama-Biden administration's ATF determined that pistol-brace attachments do not change the classification of a pistol to that of a rifle. Despite this, the Biden administration in 2021 directed the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to propose a rule that clarifies when a pistol with a brace attachment should be designated as a rifle,” Fischer's office reports.
Biden's Justice Department announced the final rule earlier this year.
Stabilized pistols are popular with many disabled veterans and other Americans and are not linked to crime.
Under the rule, anyone caught with a pistol brace, even if it was previously legally purchased, could face up to ten years in jail and thousands of dollars in fines if they fail to either remove the pistol braces, turn in pistol braces to the ATF, register them with the ATF or destroy them.
In addition to Fischer, the resolution was sponsored by U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., and Robert Marshall, R-Kan., and cosponsored by U.S. Senators Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Mike Lee, R-Utah, John Cornyn, R-Texas, Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., James Risch, R-Idaho, Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Rick Scott, R-Fla., Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Thomas Tillis, R-N.C., James Lankford, R-Okla., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Steve Daines, R-Mont., John Thune, R-S.D., Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, Mike Braun, R-Ind., Todd Young, R-Ind., John Boozman, R-Ark., Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Ted Budd, R-N.C., John Hoeven, R-N.D., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Bill Cassidy, R-La., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Katie Britt, R-Ala., Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
U.S. Representative Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., is introducing companion legislation in the House.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.
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when they go into crime ridden areas & take illegal guns maybe we’ll believe they really give a darn about our country & her people
Watch guns go underground then
Outlawing guns is like throwing out the baby with the bath water. Then only criminals and a repressive police will rule a disarmed populace of sitting ducks.
Just who does Bitem think he’s gonna’ get to go around and enforce his wet dream?
(Crickets chirping).
Thought not.