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

[outlaw1961]

Little good news today. Biden nominee David Chapman for head of ATF, will be pulled today. no idea who will Biden next choice will be

 

[kuduman]

Oh, you dreamer.
The new factoring criteria (when they implement it) will effectively make every AR/AK with less than 16” barrel a SBR unless you’re running just a smooth, bare buffer tube.

Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces” | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

On January 13, 2023, the Attorney General signed ATF final rule 2021R-08F, “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces,’” amending ATF’s regulations to clarify when a rifle is designed, made, and intended to be fired from the shoulder. The final rule was published in the...

www.atf.gov

I don't think a smooth, bare buffer tube will suffice to keep your pistol a pistol... have you looked at the points system? weight, sights... can ANY AR15-receiver-based pistol pass muster? I'm not so sure.

 

[Bypass]

I'm with this as I am like with bump stocks. I don't care about them and have no skin in the argument.

BUT

I do not like the BATFE and Biden making up new laws as they go. This is a constitutional republic not a ****ing banana republic run buy a communist dictator who can do what he will.

 

[jeepnuts]

Little good news today. Biden nominee David Chapman for head of ATF, will be pulled today. no idea who will Biden next choice will be

He pulled the David chipman nomination because he’s finding him a cabinet position that won’t require senate confirmation

 

[Boot71]

I don't think a smooth, bare buffer tube will suffice to keep your pistol a pistol... have you looked at the points system? weight, sights... can ANY AR15-receiver-based pistol pass muster? I'm not so sure.

Am I misunderstanding the "points" system? The way I understood it was that the points only applied to firearms with a brace. No brace=no points inspection.
If I remember correctly, if a firearm with a brace scored too many points, you could remove the brace, or put a 16" barrel on it, or turn it in, or destroy it.

 

[lostchild]

Am I misunderstanding the "points" system? The way I understood it was that the points only applied to firearms with a brace. No brace=no points inspection.
If I remember correctly, if a firearm with a brace scored too many points, you could remove the brace, or put a 16" barrel on it, or turn it in, or destroy it.

Has to fall within certain o/a length and weight requirements to qualify as a pistol before points come into play.