AG Merrick Garland explains that a stabilizing brace 'effectively turns a pistol into a short-barreled rifle,' which is 'still concealable' (and people have questions) [video]

Sarah D | 1:37 PM on April 08, 2021

Joe Biden was the star of today’s big gun control plan reveal, but he also gave Attorney General Merrick Garland a chance to shine:

Attorney General Garland: "Although law enforcement plays an important role, gun violence is not a problem that law enforcement alone can solve." https://t.co/op7D78gkpo pic.twitter.com/d6BBm9C1Ud

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 8, 2021

This sounds promising, doesn’t it?

“Although we’re still gonna be putting a disproportionate number of young Black men behind bars for non/violent, possessory offenses, we’re also gonna hand out some grant money to violence prevention groups to cover our ass.” https://t.co/6ah4rKwhtn

— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) April 8, 2021

Send out the safety regulators! Their only job will be to protect us from the scary firearms. For our safety. Nothing like police. Regulators are totally different. https://t.co/LTBoFz9oTV

— Sarah (gif/jif) (@mamaswati) April 8, 2021

Oh well. At least we can take comfort in knowing that Merrick Garland is every bit the gun expert that Joe Biden is:

LOOOOOOL Merrick Garland is saying AR-pistols are concealable LOOOOOOOL

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 8, 2021

Let’s go to the videotape:

Here's Merrick Garland claiming AR-pistols are "concealable" because they have a brace instead of a stock

LOOOOOOOOL pic.twitter.com/J3w820FHlB

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 8, 2021

First of all, making pistols more stable and accurate seems like a good thing.

But can we talk about this whole “concealable” thing?