ATF Stabilizer Brace Rule Means the Registration of Millions of Guns
Breitbart by AWR Hawkins 15 Jan 2023
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/15/atf-stabilizer-brace-rule-means-the-registration-of-millions-of-guns/The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF’s) stabilizer brace rule was finalized January 13, 2023, and it portends the registration of millions of guns.
Breitbart News reported the announcement of the finalized rule, noting that owners of said braces will have 120 days to register them once the rule is published in the federal register.
This means millions of guns must be registered within 120 days.
At the low end of the spectrum, NPR notes, “Officials estimated about 3 million stabilizing braces are currently in circulation in the U.S.”
At the higher end of the spectrum, the Congressional Research Service suggested there were already “between 10 and 40 million” stabilizer braces by April 19, 2021.
For stabilizer brace owners who do not wish to register their guns, the ATF provides four alternatives:
• Turn in the entire firearm with the attached “stabilizing brace” to ATF;
• Destroy the whole firearm;
• Convert the short-barreled rifle into a long-barreled rifle;
• Permanently remove and dispose of, or alter, the “stabilizing brace” from the firearm so that it cannot be reattached.
Breitbart News noted that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the ATF’s bump stock ban on January 6, 2023.
Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod wrote the Fifth Circuit’s majority opinion, noting the ban came as myriad demands for a ban were made following the October 1, 2017, Las Vegas shooting:
More at link.