The ATF’s Pistol Brace Rule: This is Not the Time for Infighting
People in the firearms community are passionate. Anti-civil rights extremists love to paint the NRA as an all-powerful lobbying boogeyman, but in reality, their donations are chump change compared other interest groups. The power...
Firearms Policy Coalition Sues ATF to Block Pistol Brace Ban
From the FPC . . .
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of litigation challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Final Rulemaking on firearms equipped with stabilizing or pistol braces....
The ATF Stabilizing Brace Rule Has Been Published…Now What?
From the NRA-ILA
Today, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) published the final Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces” rule for public inspection in the federal register.
As we reported earlier this month, the...
ATF Offers Stabilizing Brace Virtual Trainings Tomorrow and Wednesday
Attention all FFL holders. Curious about the changes associated with ATF's new ruling on pistol braces? Well, they're holding some virtual trainings tomorrow and Wednesday. ATF announcement follows . . .
January 30, 2023
On January...
How We Got Here: The ATF’s Unconstitutional Pistol Brace Ban
By Brandon Williamson
As you’ve no doubt heard, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has recently unilaterally declared virtually all AR and AK-style pistols with attached stabilizing braces to be short barreled...
SHOT Show: Michael Cargill Isn’t Finished Yet
Michael Cargill runs Central Texas Gun Works in TTAG's home base of Austin, Texas. He also trains and qualifies a lot of people for concealed carry permits...though not as many as he used to...
They Missed One: Feds Arrest 110 People on Drug and Gun Charges…But Not Hunter...
By Lee Williams
In his latest attempt to convince the American people that the U.S. Department of Justice actually does more than provide top cover for the Biden family, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday...
SB Tactical: We’re Not Going to Sit Back and Watch ATF Target Law-Abiding Gun...
From SB Tactical . . .
Today, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has issued a Final Rule “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached Stabilizing Braces.”
Under this rule, owners of some firearms...
SAF Rips ATF’s Byzantine Pistol Brace Rule, Vows to Continue Its Lawsuit
From the Second Amendment Foundation . . .
The Second Amendment Foundation today accused the Biden administration of “once again trying to trample the rights of gun owners” by allowing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...
BREAKING: ATF Announces ‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Pistol Stabilizing Braces’ Rule
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...
In Its Bump Stock Ruling, the Fifth Circuit Declared Separation of Powers is Still...
An appeals court ruling that struck down the Trump-era rule banning bump stocks could have a much wider-reaching impact than just the plastic accessory.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overwhelmingly ruled...
Cooke: The Fifth Circuit Stopped an Unconstitutional Power Grab by the ATF
As anyone who has considered this issue for more than ten minutes will ineluctably comprehend, the entire purpose of writing laws down is to guarantee that, until those laws are changed by legislators, they remain in effect...