ATF issues rule change proposal regarding pistol braces

[DW357]

My sister in Maine just got her first 300 blackout AR pistol last week. I suppose I won’t even bother mentioning this latest bullshit if it won’t matter after 1/20…

 

[OMM 0000]

I am not going to even attempt to be constructive here

 

[Road_Clam]

I think this is the 3rd or 4th time ive become a law abiding felon. I've lost track , and at this point i just don't give a $hit anymore. Pistol Braces need love too ya' know !

 

[G4Y4HK]

The guy who emailed ATF and inquired about all this is a uuge faggot.

 

[ChevyGuy91]

The guy who emailed ATF and inquired about all this is a uuge faggot.

That guy wasn't real. That was Special Agent Pleasebangmywife writing the letter under a pseudonym.

 

[Tartakovsky]

 

[KBCraig]

Luckily this opinion letter will be moot in a week.

No it won't. It will be valid until there's a new letter, or a court opinion.

Of course, it's just an advisory letter that only applies to the person who requested it. It's not a "ruling".

 

[Kevin_NH]

Some dude decided to ask the ATF if his small PCC-pistol with a brace would be an SBR. ATF issued an opinion letter that while they were smacked down in the courts for their rule, they can still interpret “designed to be shouldered” in the NFA and pretty much said any and all braced pistols can be or are SBRs.

So this so-called "news" is about that December "CZ Scorpion Mini+" letter?

No it won't. It will be valid until there's a new letter, or a court opinion.
Of course, it's just an advisory letter that only applies to the person who requested it. It's not a "ruling".

I thought BATFE stopped issuing determination letters in response to "gun accessory" inquiries, except where a licensee submitted a complete firearm for examination?

 

[PappyM3]

No it won't. It will be valid until there's a new letter, or a court opinion.

Of course, it's just an advisory letter that only applies to the person who requested it. It's not a "ruling".

Perhaps moot was too strong of a word. Vestigial? Essentially, the enforcement of that opinion and effort put into braced will likely be nil.

The letter is also seemingly from the wrong organization within the ATF. FIPB instead of FATD.

 

[NHCraigT]

ATF Says They Made an OOPSIE - Tactical Sh*t

Continuing for our article posted on 1/13/25 found here we followed this story to the end to see where this discourse ends up. Thankfully the ATF realized their error in their last letter stating "Federal law requires a pistol with an attached stabilizing brace or stock be registered as a...

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-QI9rljMrA

 

[OnTheRoad]

 

[Tartakovsky]

The courts have ruled. The ATF lost and is appealing, but they still lost. Stop asking the ATF stupid questions like “is my braced AR pistol an SBR”. Fingers crossed that in three days, one of the many executive orders from Trump removes the ATF’s teeth and they revert back to what they used to be, a non-law enforcement branch of the IRS. I truly hope he guts those useless cucks.