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House Judiciary Committee Republicans Urge ATF to Abandon Restrictions on Stabilizing Braces

July 17, 2021
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House Judiciary Committee GOP members called on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to abandon its proposed restrictions on stabilizing braces, calling its proposed rule a “flagrant effort to restrict Americans’ fundamental Second Amendment rights.” “We have serious concerns about the attempt by [ATF] to regulate firearms with stabilizing braces. ATF’s regulatory…

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House Republicans Urge ATF to Abandon Restrictions on Stabilizing Braces

July 17, 2021
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House Judiciary Committee GOP members called on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to abandon its proposed restrictions on stabilizing braces, calling its proposed rule a “flagrant effort to restrict Americans’ fundamental Second Amendment rights.” “We have serious concerns about the attempt by [ATF] to regulate firearms with stabilizing braces. ATF’s regulatory…

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Biden ATF Nominee Aiming the Wrong Way

July 11, 2021
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Commentary The long July Fourth weekend in Chicago, a city that boasts some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, saw 100 people shot, 18 fatally. Among those injured or killed were two police officers and five children 13-years-old or younger. It is almost certain that overworked and underappreciated Chicago homicide detectives will…

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Rep. Richard Hudson and 140 House Members Urge DOJ and ATF to Withdraw Guidance on Stabilizing Braces

June 17, 2021
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Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) and 140 GOP House Representatives called on the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to withdraw the recent guidance on firearm stabilizing braces, saying it “could make millions of law-abiding citizens felons overnight.” In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and ATF’s Acting…

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Court Rules ATF Cannot Classify Bump Stocks as Machine Guns

March 26, 2021
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A federal court on Thursday ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) cannot classify bump stocks as machine guns. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit further indicated that the federal ban on bump stocks, which are devices that can increase the rate of fire for semi-automatic weapons, is likely…

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Federal Investigators Increase Reward for Information on Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs

January 22, 2021
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) have increased the reward for information leading to the successful identification of suspect(s) involved in placing pipe bombs in Washington city on Jan. 6. The bounty was first set to $50,000 on Jan. 7, one day after the bombs were discovered….

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