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 ...

"Certain so-called stabilizing braces are designed to just attach to pistols, essentially converting them into short-barreled rifles to be fired from the shoulder," said ATF Director Steven ...

In 2017, the ATF reaffirmed that "stabilizing braces are perfectly legal accessories for large handguns or pistols," although an accessory "employed as a shoulder stock" would make any firearm ...

The proposal would cut 541 of the approximately 800 inspectors at the ATF, reducing the agency’s regulatory capacity by about ...

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 appellants argued that, under the ATF’s new rule, 99 percent of pistols equipped with a stabilizing brace would fall under the regulations of the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act.

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.

However, between 2012 and 2023, the ATF said its concern became a reality. While some may have used the brace to improve ...

The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to defang and downsize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...