On the recordJune 13, 2023
Under this regulation, they will still be allowed to do so. Let me be very clear. It is for veterans, and under the regulation of ATF, who is full of combat veterans themselves doing their duty to this Nation, who looked at this and said they cannot stand for more children being murdered by someone taking a brace--not disabled at all--but to make a steady aim to kill and take innocent lives. I commend the ATF for its fortitude. I will tell you, Mr. Speaker, that the work we need to be doing right now, passing the Kimberly Vaughn Firearm Safe Storage Act, extreme risk protection laws, and an assault weapons ban that more than 200 persons voted against but the right people voted for, this is not an injury to our veterans. It is saving lives. Who would stand up here against a veteran? Nobody. However, I am going to stand up here against the killing of children. Mr. Chairman, I rise in Opposition to H.J. Res. 44, which opposes regulation of stabilizing braces--one of the modifications the shooter used to blast their way into Covenant School in Nashville and murder three nine-year olds and three staff members. After this shooting occurred, the Judiciary Committee postponed the markup of this resolution of disapproval, which was originally scheduled to take place the day after the shooting. For some reason, which I do not claim to know, Republicans didn't want to talk about stabilizing braces then.…
