In 2023, the ATF came out with a final rule stating braces can turn a pistol into a short-barrel firearm since the devices allow for firing from a shoulder position. The 8th Circuit Court of ...

On August 1, in Mock v. Garland, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that ATF's Final Rule on pistol braces likely is invalid and temporarily enjoined its enforcement.

After years of convoluted legal battles, an ATF rule regulating guns equipped with pistol braces is likely close to an end. In a recent article from the Duke Center for Firearms Law, Second Amendment ...

In 2023, the ATF came out with a final rule stating braces can turn a pistol into a short-barrel firearm since the devices allow for firing from a shoulder position. The 8th Circuit Court of ...

Outgoing ATF director fears for agency’s future under Donald Trump The president-elect has denounced the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and said he would roll back some of its policies ...

You can’t have a gun shop that doesn’t sell guns. So FFLs asked ATF about the braces. Everybody probably kind of rolled their eyes, but braces got the green light. That lasted until December 2020.

America’s 700,000 owners of pistol braces received a gift from an unlikely source the day before Christmas Eve. However, the gift may be a Trojan horse we’re finding out closer to New Year’s ...

May 23, 2023: The Fifth Circuit issued an Order granting an Injunction Pending Appeal in Mock v. Garland, FPC and FPC Action Foundation’s federal lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

A federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday that an effort by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to regulate firearm braces doesn’t pass legal muster. Attorney General ...

The Court threw the Pistol Brace Rule in the trash,” it said. The same court had earlier approved the ATF rule, but an appeals court overruled it.

The ATF, in its 2012 ruling, gave Bosco the green light, saying his brace would not convert a pistol into an effective rifle by allowing the weapon to be shoulder-fired.