Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under the Rule Submitted By the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Relating to ``Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached `Stabilizing Braces'

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Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.J. Res. 44, which will nullify the ATF's overreaching and unconstitutional rule to regulate firearms that happen to have stabilizing braces such as short-barreled rifles.

Make no mistake, Mr. Speaker, the ATF's rule is nothing short of an assault on our Second Amendment rights. Our Constitution does not grant the ATF the authority to unilaterally redefine what laws constitute a firearm because lawmaking power rests with the elected Representatives of the American people.

If pistol brace owners fail to register their firearms with the ATF, then they will be deemed felons, face up to 10 years of prison, and be fined thousands. This reclassification is arbitrary, it bucks a decade of the ATF's own precedent, it is an assault on our Second Amendment, and it threatens to turn millions--tens of millions--of law-abiding Americans into criminals overnight.

Mr. Speaker, I urge a vote in favor of H.J. Res. 44 to reassert the power of the American people, protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners, and stop this retroactive gun grab.

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