Representative Andrew Clyde, R-Ga. had plans to introduce important Second Amendment legislation that would curtail the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agency's new rule that heavily regulates pistol braces.
The ATF rule has received widespread criticism from Republicans in both the House and Senate, but house leadership warned Clyde that it could be in jeopardy because he opposed a rule that was up for a vote on the debt ceiling legislation.
Clyde voted twice against a debt ceiling raise along with 70 other Republicans.
Use promo code FEDUP at checkout and save up to 80%. The Daily Caller Reports- Republican Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde slammed House GOP leadership after he said they threatened to block his bill that focuses on pistol braces from coming to the floor if he votes "no" on the debt ceiling rule.
Clyde went after House leadership in an exclusive statement to the Daily Caller, accusing them of holding Americans' Second Amendment rights "hostage" because he opposed a rule on legislation to raise the debt ceiling.
Clyde said unnamed House Republican leadership called him Wednesday and told him it would be very difficult to bring his Congressional Review Act joint resolution to the floor if he voted against the debt ceiling rule.
Clyde's bill focuses on disapproval for the ATF's pistol brace ruling.
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