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“I appreciate my friend from Kentucky for yielding. The gentleman from Massachusetts was questioning why he hasn't heard from any veteran groups in support of this. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in the Record an article titled: ``Wisconsin veterans sue ATF over new rule for stabilizing braces.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas? There was no objection. [From the Capital Times, January 31, 2023] Wisconsin Veterans Sue ATF Over New Rule for Stabilizing Braces (By Jessie Opoien) A conservative Wisconsin law firm filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a new federal firearm registry rule it says would curb the Second Amendment rights of disabled military veterans. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is representing two Wisconsin veterans and one from Texas in the suit, which was filed in the Northern District of Texas. It's the first legal challenge to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rule, and the sixth WILL has filed against the Biden administration. Under the rule, pistols with stabilizing braces must be treated as short-barreled rifles, which have been subject to heightened regulations including stricter registration requirements since the 1930s. Those regulations include mandatory background checks for all transfers (sales), including private transfers.…”