Pistol braces are at the center of a furious row between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which is trying to ban them, and Republican lawmakers, who are ready to go ...

New data released from ATF shows the 92 licenses revoked in 2022 was the highest rate since 2006. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis. asked if the crackdown has resulted in a reduction in crime.

Gun rights groups argue the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives lacks the authority to force millions of gun owners to register their weapons equipped with stabilizing braces.

GUN RIGHTS GROUPS VOW TO FIGHT BACK AS ATF PISTOL BRACE RULE TAKES EFFECT. A person wears an NRA hat in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2022.

UPDATE 1-US pistol brace rule likely illegal, federal appeals court rules. Brendan Pierson . Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 6:33 PM 3 min read (Adds that ATF and the U.S. Justice Department declined to comment ...

Since 2012, when the Obama administration’s ATF declared the brace would not convert a pistol’s classification to a short-barrel rifle and subjected it to the controls of the National Firearms ...

“ATF broke the law by being overreaching sneaky pricks. Therefore, the right thing for the Court to do was throw the Rule in the trash. The Court threw the Pistol Brace Rule in the trash,” it ...

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.

A 9mm pistol build kit with a commercial slide and barrel with a polymer frame is displayed during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022.

This week, the Ohio Republican targeted Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach during a hearing that examined new regulations on pistol brace accessories.

gun rights groups vow to fight back as atf pistol brace rule takes effect Handguns are displayed at shop in New Castle, Pennsylvania, March 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) ...