Restrictions on stabilizing braces have been hotly debated after they were proposed by the ATF in 2020, when the bureau suggested a new rule that would regulate pistol braces under the NFA.

The temporary injunction comes days before a deadline for individuals to register their pistol braces with ATF, destroy them, or remove the accessories from their weapons. Those that do not comply ...

When pistol braces started becoming popular with mainstream gun owners, the ATF initially decided not to classify guns with these accessories as short-barreled rifles. "We sold tons of them ...

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“ATF broke the law by being overreaching sneaky pricks. Therefore, the right thing for the Court to do was throw the Rule in ...

House Republicans passed a resolution Tuesday aimed at overturning ATF’s new rule classifying pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles. The 219-201 vote, primarily along party lines, ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has decided that ATF's Final Rule determining that most pistols with stabilizing braces are short-barreled rifles is arbitrary and capricious.

The “Faces of Gun Violence” memorial was installed at ATF in 2024 to remind the workforce of the human toll. The Trump ...

The ATF, under its Biden-appointed director ... that increased regulation of so-called stabilizing braces that make it easier to use a pistol as a long gun that is easier to aim.

ATF declined to comment ... did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Pistol braces were first marketed in 2012 as a way of attaching a pistol to the shooter's forearm, stabilizing ...