ATF Pistol Brace Rule Is Dead

UPDATED NOV 10, 2023:

The ATF’s Pistol Brace rule has been STOPPED! A Federal Judge has just blocked the ATF from enforcing their pistol brace rule. This means that the rule still technically exists but while it is being legally challenged, the ATF is currently not allowed to enforce the rule against anyone. (previous legal victories against the pistol brace rule have only applied to certain people)

In this most recent legal update from Britto v. ATF, Judge Kacsmaryk agreed that the ATF over-stepped here, didn’t follow the appropriate rule-making procedures and effectively tried to make their own laws, and misrepresented the actual impact of this rule. He summarized his opinion with “…public safety concerns must be addressed in ways that are lawful. This Rule is not.”

If you are someone who registered your firearm as an SBR as part of the rule, it is now officially an SBR. I agree with Colion Noir that it is likely that the ATF knew it was over-reaching and did it anyway to get a bunch of people to register their firearms as SBRs.

Although the brace rule is still a “rule” it cannot be enforced under this latest ruling and it would not appear that the BATFE has a winning path to stand down this latest dicision. Amd that is friends is GOOD news.