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The Senate failed on Thursday to pass a resolution to block the AR-pistol stabilizer brace rule after Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Jon Tester (D-MT) sided with the ATF instead of their red state constituents.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) reacted to the Department of Justice’s plea deal with Hunter Biden by noting that Hunter was given a pass on things for which lawful American gun owners would be punished.

President Joe Biden claimed AR-pistol stabilizer braces make pistols shoot “higher caliber” bullets during the Safer Communities Summit.

Montana AG Austin Knudsen told Breitbart News on Saturday that armed IRS agents rolled into a Great Falls gun store Wednesday and seized dozens of boxes of ATF background check forms containing information on gun purchasers.

The Republican-run House passed H.J. Res. 44 on Tuesday. The resolution is designed to block the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) AR-pistol stabilizer brace rule.

During a Monday mark-up hearing for H.J. Res. 44, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) defended the ATF AR-pistol stabilizer brace rule but could not explain what the rule does nor how long a prison sentence could be for breaking the rule.

President Biden has made clear he intends to veto H.J. Res. 44, aimed at blocking the ATF’s AR-pistol stabilizer brace rule. 

ATF officials were reportedly “skeptical” of bringing gun-related charges against Hunter Biden due to his having no prior criminal history.

The ATF used the occasion of Minnesota legalizing recreational marijuana use to note that marijuana use and firearms possession are not legally compatible. 

Twenty-seven Attorneys Generals sent a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on May 25, 2023, urging Congress to act against the  ATF’s AR-pistol stabilizer brace rule before it goes into effect June 1, 2023.

When Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) spoke with Breitbart News this week, he pointed out that AR-pistols registered with the ATF via the stabilizer brace rule will be illegal in five states.

Breitbart News spoke with Rep. Andrew Clyde (R) on Tuesday and he said he needs all Republican representatives to rally around H.J. Res. 44 and stop the ATF pistol brace (stabilizer brace) rule.

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an injunction Tuesday pending review against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) pistol brace rule.

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) alleged Tuesday the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) illegally overpaid millions to agents in non-law enforcement roles.

Thursday on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) discussed the push by the Biden administration to create a federal registry for gun owners with a pistol brace.

ATF director Steven Dettelbach was questioned by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) Wednesday and would not say whether Americans will go to jail if found with an unregistered pistol brace once registration period expires.

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) bump stock ban is “ambiguous” and reversed a lower court’s ruling that upheld the ban.

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) spoke with Breitbart News about Republicans’ continued efforts to stop the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) pistol brace rule, saying, “We’re going to defund it.”

H.J. Resolution 44, the resolution to stop the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives (ATF’s) pistol brace rule, passed out of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday night.

The Biden White House is arguing that the Republican push to defund the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) actually helps Mexican cartels. 

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questioned Everytown for Gun Safety’s federal legal director during Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing and learned that the Bloomberg-affiliated gun control group actually asked the ATF to take action on pistol stabilizer braces.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) noted during Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF’s) issuance of the pistol brace rule highlights the danger of bureaucrats making law.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) praised the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF’s) regulatory gun control push Thursday and claimed stabilizer braces turn firearms “into killing machines.”

During Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF’s) regulatory gun control push Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) claimed the ATF has been keeping us safe since 1886.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) supports the resolution Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) is pushing to render the ATF pistol brace rule null and void. 

Breitbart News spoke with Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) Tuesday and he exclusively revealed the “Biden administration has declared war on the Second Amendment.”

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) is expected to put forward a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution this week in an attempt to block the ATF’s AR-pistol stabilizer brace rule. 

President Biden’s budget proposal for fiscal 2024 adds nearly two billion dollars to the budget of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gun Owners of America (GOA) are seeking a preliminary injunction against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF’s) pistol brace rule.

On March 5, 2023, USA Today reported FBI data showing gun seizure orders surged during the years 2020 and 2021 surged to their highest levels since the adoption of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in 1998.

District Judge Reed O’Connor on March 2 issued a preliminary injunction against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF’s) partial frame rule.

Texas Republican Chip Roy delivered a scathing speech addressing his party’s inaction over the economy and border security, while reprimanding fellow lawmakers for not living up to their campaign promises.

Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) introduced legislation Tuesday designed to end the FBI and ATF coordinating with local enforcement to carry out “no knock raids” on gun owners.

Breitbart News sat down for an exclusive interview with Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) Friday, during which he made clear his hope that Americans will remove stabilizer braces from their AR pistols, making them ATF compliant, rather than register them with the ATF.

Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) sent a February 8, 2023, letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland making it clear that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosive’s (ATF’s) pistol brace rule will not be enforced in Montana.

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) sat down with Breitbart News on Thursday and discussed his plans to block the ATF pistol brace rule and his conviction that the Biden Department of Justice “doesn’t want an armed citizenry.”