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 Ammoland Inc. Posted on December 6, 2021 by John Crump   

WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(Ammoland.com)- A new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Gun Owners of America (GOA) shows that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) might have changed the wording on the proposed rule on pistol stabilizing braces to make it less clear on purpose.

GOA’s FOIA request [embeded below] turned up an email by ATF counsel James Vann (not named in the FOIA results, but AmmoLand News verified Mr. Vann sent the email) dated April 24, 2021. This time frame was when the ATF was drafting up the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Mr. Vann was sending “the language for any prior classifications,” which GOA and AmmoLand News believe was for inclusion in the NPRM.

    The language reads: “To the extent that any prior classification of either a “stabilizing brace” or a firearm equipped with a ‘stabilizing brace’ does not comport with a determination when using Worksheet 4999, that classification is hereby rescinded.”

The NPRM makes the resubmittal for a new letter sound like a suggestion. The FOIA shows something different. ATF was specifically contemplating that the NPRM was reversing classification letters, but instead of using the language that Mr. Vann submitted for the NPRM, the ATF said manufacturers could submit a sample to the ATF to get a new letter.

The ATF is expected to release the new rule by the end of January.

More: https://www.ammoland.com/2021/12/atf-changed-stabilizing-brace-nprm-intentionally-vague/