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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) praised the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) regulatory gun control push during Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing and claimed stabilizer braces turn firearms “into killing machines.” The House Judiciary Committee hearing centered on the ATF’s recent AR-pistol stabilizer brace rule, which requires stabilizer brace owners to register their braces with the ATF or do one of the four following alternatives: Turn in the entire firearm with the attached “stabilizing brace” to ATF; Destroy the whole firearm; Convert the short-barreled rifle into a long-barreled rifle; Permanently remove and dispose of, or alter, the...

A new piece of filmmaking gear was just announced that could completely re-invent the complex process of camera stabilization. It's currently being tested and endorsed by Vincent LaForet, who's given us a little taste of what it's capable of. The product is called MōVI, created by Freefly, longtime maker of crazy camera-drone equipment and stabilizers. LaForet is presenting a short film and behind-the-scenes video to illustrate its abilities, which consists of a completely custom-made gimbal and 3-axis gyroscope that digitally stabilizes the camera (a Canon 1DC in this case). It looks to be very light and portable, a far cry...