ATF Reversal Points Out Absurdity Of Gangster-Era Federal Gun Law

By Bob Owens

SB Tactical has announced that they’ve received word from the ATF that the agencies (frankly insane) 2015 determination that touching the company’s otherwise unaltered pistol stabilizing brace to the shooter’s shoulder amounted to the manufacture of an illegal short-barreled rifle and constituted a federal felony.

SB Tactical™, inventors and manufacturers of the Pistol Stabilizing Brace®, is excited to announce that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) has issued SB Tactical a reversal letter containing a sensible clarification of the Bureau’s position on the lawful use of SB Tactical braces.

The new clarification of opinion letter states, “an NFA firearm has not necessarily been made when the device is not reconfigured for use as a shoulder stock – even if the attached firearm happens to be fired from the shoulder. To the extent that the January 2015 Open Letter implied or has been construed to hold that incidental, sporadic, or situational “use” of an arm-brace (in its original approved configuration) equipped firearm from a firing position at or near the shoulder was sufficient to constitute “redesign,” such interpretations are incorrect and not consistent with ATF’s interpretation of the statute or the …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms