Gun Brace Registration Rule Blocked Pending Procedural Suit (1)

A federal rule that classifies most pistols with an attached stabilizing brace as rifles can’t be enforced against members of two gun advocacy groups pending their lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The final rule, which took effect in January, expands the definition of “rifle” under the 1934 National Firearms Act and 1968 Gun Control Act to include weapons “equipped with an accessory, component, or other rearward attachment that provides surface area that allows the weapon to be fired from the shoulder.”

The ATF asserts in the published rule that brace attachments were used to ...