AR Pistol Braces May Become Next ‘Bump Stock’ After Dayton

By Tom Knighton

A couple of years ago, bump stocks were legal but relatively uncommon. They were a gimmick, a toy that people would throw onto an AR or AK and waste ammo with it, but surprisingly few people actually bothered with them. After all, you could do the same thing with a rubber band for a fraction of the cost. Hell, you could do it with a belt loop, even.

Then Las Vegas happened.

It wasn’t long before the bump stock became demonized. Legislation was introduced to ban any device that might improve the rate of fire for a semi-automatic firearm. The Trump administration opted to have the ATF recategorize bump stocks, making them machineguns and illegal for private citizens to own.

Now, the media has set its sights on the pistol brace the Dayton shooter used on his firearm.

Even though it looked like a rifle, the gun used to kill nine people and wound at least 14 more was likely classified as a pistol, skirting around laws restricting short-barreled rifles.

Will the device on [the killer’s] weapon, called a “pistol brace,” become the next bump stock in nation’s gun control debate?

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On Monday, Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl said [the killer’s] gun was …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms