Unlike the ATF’s ruling on bump stocks, where the mere possession of a disassembled bump stock and a firearm that it could be attached to constitutes a machine gun, there is no such provision in the pistol brace ruling. Therefore, disassembly and possession of an unattached brace does not ...
However, the proliferation of pistol braces eventually caused them to (somewhat) see the light and, in 2019, issued a new memorandum, which they declared the “final ruling.” The new rule was that incidental, situational, or spontaneous use of a pistol brace as a shoulder stock didn’t co...
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Stabilizing Brace Much of thehearingfocused on regulations regarding firearms and accessories, firearm retailer inspections, enforcement ofPresident Joe Biden’sexecutive actions, and false claims about the firearm industry. The ATF’s Final Rule, reclassifying pistols...
“The way the proposed rule is written makes clear that ATF intends to bring the most common uses of the most widely possessed stabilizing braces within the purview of the NFA,” the letter said. “Doing so would turn millions of law-abiding Americans into criminals overnight and would consti...