[ED: This op-ed was written by a prominent individual who is intimately involved in the firearms community and wishes to remain anonymous.] ATF published their new pistol brace rules in the Federal Register on January 31st, kicking off the 120-day grace period for owners of firearms equipped with a pistol brace to register them as … Read more
Our dear friends at the ATF chose Friday the 13th in the run-up to next week’s SHOT show to announce their final rule on the use of pistol stabilizing braces. Basically…you (mostly) can’t. Maybe what we love the most is the firearms regulators’ assiduous use of scare quotes around the term “stabilizing braces” to let … Read more
By Lee Williams According to an exclusive story published by AmmoLand News, the ATF is about to force millions of gun owners to register their pistol braces as short-barreled rifles, which will then be regulated by the National Firearms Act. To be clear, this is exactly the type of jack-booted thuggery we’ve come to expect … Read more
Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun agitprop shop, The Trace, is trumpeting the fact that if the Biden administration’s pistol brace proposed regulatory rule ever becomes ATF policy after the public comment period and process is complete, the federal firearms regulatory agency won’t be able to keep up with the demand to register the millions of braces that … Read more
By Brett Cooper The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has published a notice outlining their plans to update regulations on stabilizing braces. Originally developed to help those with disabilities shoot comfortably, stabilizing braces have become a popular firearm accessory used to legally adapt AR-style pistols into guns that can be shot from the … Read more
From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . Today, the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) officially released a notice of proposed rulemaking announcing yet another unlawful ATF rule to further attack and restrict the fundamental right to keep and bear arms. This newest rule targets “pistol braces” in an attempt to retroactively apply onerous National Firearms Act (NFA) … Read more
As expected, the Department of Justice has announced proposed rulemaking that would regulate braced pistols as short barrel rifles under the National Firearms Act. As the DOJ’s press release states . . . The department issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make clear that the statutory restrictions on short-barreled rifles apply to pistols … Read more
As the Biden administration gears up to pass fresh guidance on pistol stabilizing braces, I humbly suggest that this is precisely the time to get working on legislation to remove SBRs — short barreled rifles — from the purview of the 1934 National Firearms Act. Arguments and assertions from the DOJ / ATF / Biden … Read more
The Biden administration is in the final stages of drafting a regulation on firearm accessories that can be used to make pistols more like rifles, part of the White House’s broader effort to tackle gun violence without involving Congress. The White House received the Justice Department’s proposal to regulate stabilizing braces on Monday, according to … Read more
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