Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) revealed a bill on Wednesday that would terminate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
The legislation, called the “Abolish the ATF Act,” simply orders the disbandment of the law enforcement agency under the Justice Department.
“House Republicans have the ATF in our crosshairs,” Gaetz said in a tweet. “The continued existence of the ATF is increasingly unwarranted based on their repeated actions to convert law-abiding citizens into felons. My bill today would abolish the ATF once and for all.”
Gaetz told Fox News the “final straw” came last week when the Justice Department announced a new rule to tighten ATF regulations on stabilizing braces that ATF Director Steven Dettelbach said essentially turn pistols into more dangerous short-barreled rifles, which are subject to
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