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. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this bill. Armed braces are used to convert assault pistols into short-barreled assault rifles that are more accurate, easier to conceal, and can fire rounds capable of penetrating body armor.

Unregistered arm-brace-equipped firearms have been used in a number of high-profile mass shootings: Dayton, Ohio, 9 killed and 17 injured outside of a bar; Boulder, Colorado, 10 killed at a grocery store; Colorado Springs, 5 killed, 19 injured at a club; Nashville, Tennessee, 6 killed, including 3 9-year-old children at an elementary school.

The ATF final rule closes the loophole that helps arm-brace-equipped pistols circumvent firearm regulations, including the National Firearms Act, which has regulated short-barreled rifles under heightened scrutiny since 1934.

The resolution before us today will take an already menacing and lethal weapon and turn it into a more accurate killing machine. This is misguided and callous, and it will only lead to more death.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''

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