WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is leading an effort urging (https://www.schiff.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Removing-Factoring-Criteria-for-Firearms-with-Attached-Stabilizing-Braces.pdf) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to drop its plans to amend federal firearm rules and remove the guardrails currently in place combatting the improper use and classification of stabilizing braces, a device used in several mass shootings that can turn a semiautomatic pistol into a short-barreled rifle - making it easier to control and more effective at inflicting harm. Current law treats firearms equipped with certain stabilizing braces as s...