ATF Declares Braced Pistols Illegal, Demands Registration Or Face Jail Time

By Zeke Y

The ATF has finally unveiled its “final rule” regarding pistol braces.
This rule, also called “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached Stabilizing Braces,” could result in serious criminal charges for owners of up to 40 million guns if they do not register their braced firearms with ATF.

BREAKING
The @ATFHQ just released @JoeBiden’s unconstitutional pistol brace ban that affects as many as 40,000,000 lawfully purchased firearms.
Read the new rule here https://t.co/dVWgf3isNo pic.twitter.com/6dYftjaDXQ
— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) January 13, 2023

GOA’s Legal & Federal Affairs team are currently going over the final rule with a fine-toothed comb, but here’s what we know so far.
According to the final rule, gun owners who possess braced firearms will have 120 days to destroy, reconfigure, register, turn in their firearms to ATF, or face NFA violations which include $250,000 in fines and a hefty prison sentence.
In addition, ATF has released a list titled “Commercially available firearms equipped with a stabilizing brace that are short-barreled rifles.”
ATF claims that the list is representative of how the agency will apply the definition of “rifle” to firearms equipped with a stabilizing brace.
The immediate logistics of this final rule have been called into question by even the anti-gun corporate media. It is a

Source: Gun Owners of America