GOP lawmakers, NRA slam ATF rule to regulate pistol braces: 'Unconstitutional overreach'

Foxnews ^ | 01/14/2023 | Chris Pandolfo

[Wayne07]

All stocks, so would be NFA. Clearly all intended to be shouldered. All would have been NFA last week, last month, last year, last decade as well, because they are stocks.

[Svartalfiar]

For those already in the NFA world this is just a way to get free SBRs.

And how does it do that? You don't get a free SBR, you just get to keep the pistol and brace you already had...

[marktwain]

The problem is the NFA. SBRs should not be regulated and subject to a tax stamp. All this is, is arguing about the minutiae of whether a brace is secretly a stock (and yes, 99.9% of braces are are really stocks), and those were banned in the NFA.

The pistol stock, as such was not really banned by the NFA. Short barreled rifles were "banned" (through outrageous taxes for the time by the NFA) But wether pistols, with a stock added, were short barreled rifles was not clear for quite a while...

The original point was to stop people from making concealable weapons from long guns, not making hard to conceal long guns from pistols.

[Wayne07]

” But wether pistols, with a stock added, were short barreled rifles was not clear for quite a while...”

It was always clear that an actual stock was an NFA item.

The lack of clarity came in 2014 when the ATF appeared to give a thumbs up to a brace that had enough stock like characteristics that people were able to hold it to their shoulder like a stock.

Basically: stocks were always SBRs, braces on pistols were OK, but the grey area was created over the last ~8 years when braces were invented that were stock-like. ATF first said OK, then reversed themselves when they got very popular.

Regardless, I’ll stick to my main point - NFA is the problem, the brace issue is just a symptom.

[marktwain]

It was always clear that an actual stock was an NFA item.

Always is a long time. It did not become "clear" until well after WWII.

Regardless, I’ll stick to my main point - NFA is the problem, the brace issue is just a symptom. You main point is absolutely correct.

[Wayne07]

“It did not become “clear” until well after WWII.”

You are right, but we are talking about over half a century now.