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Contact the ATF to keep pistol braces legal (merged threads)

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You guys have probably seen the ATF is trying to move to make pistol braces NFA short barreled rifles. Please send them emails, leave facebook comments, everything, opposed to it. That tactic did wonders on the m855 ammo ban and maybe it can work again!

Example: look at this article, the atf spokesperson says you can see the reaction to their attempted ban on their facebook page. Let's flood it again with comments telling them it would be unjust and wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...shouted-down-a-ban-on-armor-piercing-bullets/
 
Thread over on the Beretta Forum links to the proposed atfe guidelines...

https://berettaforum.net/vb/showthread.php?t=147962

Use of these items indicates that the weapon is designed and intended to be fired from the shoulder because they extend a stabilizing brace beyond a point that is useful for something other than shoulder support.

Stabilizing Brace Design Features. The objective design features of the attached stabilizing brace itself are relevant to the classification of the assembled weapon, and include:

o The comparative function of the attachment when utilized as a stabilizing brace compared to its alternate use as a shouldering device;

o The design of the stabilizing brace compared to known shoulder stock designs;

o The amount of rear contact surface area of the stabilizing brace that can be used in shouldering the weapon as compared to the surface area necessary for use as a stabilizing brace;

o The material used to make the attachment that indicates whether the brace is designed and intended to be pressed against the shoulder for support, or actually used on the arm;

o Any shared or interchangeable parts with known shoulder stocks; and

o Any other feature of the brace that improves the weapon’s effectiveness from the shoulder-firing position without providing a corresponding benefit to the effectiveness of the stability and support provided by the brace’s use on the arm.​

Aim Point. Appropriate aim point when utilizing the attachment as a stabilizing brace. If the aim point when using the arm brace attachment results in an upward or downward trajectory that could not accurately hit a target, this may indicate the attachment was not designed as a stabilizing brace.

Secondary Grip. The presence of a secondary grip may indicate that the weapon is not a “pistol” because it is not designed to be held and fired by one hand.

Sights and Scopes. Incorporation of sights or scopes that possess eye relief incompatible with one-handed firing may indicate that the weapon is not a “pistol” because they are designed to be used from a shoulder-fire position and are incompatible for the single-handed shooting that arm braces are designed and intended.

Peripheral Accessories. Installation of peripheral accessories commonly found on rifles or shotguns that may indicate that the firearm is not designed and intended to be held and fired with one hand. This includes, but is not limited to, the installation of bipods/monopods that improve the accuracy of heavy weapons designed and intended to be fired from the shoulder; or the inclusion of a magazine or drum that accepts so many cartridges that it increases the overall weight of the firearm to a degree that it is impractical to fire the weapon with one hand even with the assistance of a stabilizing brace.
 
But you could get a free SBR stamp if you hurry.....as long as you own it prior to the implementation date the fee is waived....Hell, most of us are already on the ATF's list so what's one more?

ATF understands that most individuals who acquired affected stabilizer-equipped firearms did so in good-faith reliance on representations, made by those selling the stabilizing braces or the firearms, that those firearms were not subject to the NFA.

Consequently, following issuance of this notice, ATF and DOJ plan to implement a separate process by which current possessors of affected stabilizer-equipped firearms may choose to register such firearms to be compliant with the NFA. As part of that process, ATF plans to expedite processing of these applications, and ATF has been informed that the Attorney General plans retroactively to exempt such firearms from the collection of NFA taxes if they were made or acquired, prior to the publication of this notice, in good faith
 
In an admin that cares nothing about the rules because they change them constantly, you think you will win their game? Come on man. Contacting them won't do anything at this point
It did for the m855 ban, and that was with Obama sitting pretty! Isn't it worth 1 minute of your time to jot on facebook, go to their page, and leave a comment against it?
 
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