Iraqveteran8888’s Comment on the ATF’s Proposed Pistol Brace Regulation Rule

  [ED: Following is the comment submitted to the ATF by Eric Blandford regarding their proposed rule 2021R-08, Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces.” Eric is better known as Iraqveteran8888. This is the proposed rule that would all but outlaw the use of pistol stabilizing braces through a byzantine scoring system designed to … Read more

Bloomberg’s ‘The Trace’: The ATF Can’t Handle Regulating Pistol Braces as NFA Items

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

The ATF’s Pistol Brace Regulation Comment Period Has Begun…Here’s What You Can Do

From SB Tactical . . . With the release of its Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has left little doubt to its intention to wreak havoc on millions of American firearm owners and devastate the firearms industry through lost jobs and revenue. The Congressional Research … Read more

FPC: ATF’s Pistol Brace Rule Is Another Unlawful Attack on the Second Amendment

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

BREAKING: ATF Backs Down, Withdraws Guidance, Comment Request on Pistol Brace ‘Objective Factors’ Classification

The ATF has just posted a notice that they have withdrawn their guidance and request for public comment on “Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with ‘Stabilizing Braces‘” in the Federal Register. Here is the full announcement from the ATF: ATF is announcing the withdrawal of a notice and request for comments entitled “Objective Factors for Classifying … Read more

Statement From Palmetto State Armory on Pistol Brace Regulation

From Palmetto State Armory . . . Palmetto State Armory strongly opposes the guidance and opinion found in Docket Number ATF 2020R-10 and recognize it as a direct attack on both our freedom as well as the constitution. Together we are the last line of defense between freedom and tyranny. Palmetto State Armory pledges its … Read more

The ATF’s False Narrative Surrounding the Legality of SB Tactical Pistol Braces Exposed

Since April 2017, when BATFE reversed its ridiculous assertion that touching a pistol stabilizing brace to one’s shoulder magically redesigned it into a shoulder stock, all has appeared quiet on the pistol stabilizing brace front. At least publicly. Until this year, that is. 2020 has brought no shortage of unwelcome surprises, including a few from … Read more

ATF to Stop Badgering Q (For Now) and Is the 2A An Individual Right? [VIDEO]

This Week in Gun Rights is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal, legislative and other news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. SCOTUS nominee says the Second Amendment is an individual right During Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearing last week, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) sampled from her majority opinion in a … Read more

FPC Submits Pre-Litigation Request to DOJ, ATF in Q Honey Badger SBR Determination to Protect Gun Owners

From the Firearms Policy Coalition: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has submitted a formal request to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, the U.S. Department of Justice, Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Regina Lombardo, and ATF Deputy Director Marvin Richardson seeking reversal of the agency’s latest action against the Q, … Read more