New ATF guidance on SB15 braces.

[elsquid]

Saw this posted over at calguns, thought I'd propagate the knowledge here:

"open_letter_on_the_redesign_of_stabilizing_braces "

http://www.atf.gov/sites/default/fil...ing_braces.pdf

The core info:

The pistol stabilizing brace was neither “designed” nor approved to be used as a shoulder stock,
and therefore use as a shoulder stock constitutes a “redesign” of the device because a possessor
has changed the very function of the item. Any individual letters stating otherwise are contrary
to the plain language of the NFA, misapply Federal law, and are hereby revoked.

-- Michael

[jetfire]

I want to be mad at the ATF for this. But I can't. I'm mad at the idiots who wrote all those "mother may I" letters about putting SB15s on Glocks and shotguns that clearly intended to end-run the NFA.

More thoughts here.

[5pins]

Well that sucks.

[JHC]

Am I also redesigning a Vltor if I put it on an AR pistol but only to balance it for SHO shooting? (Hat tip Mark )

[Edwin]

I'm still surprised this was approved in the first place.

[TR675]

Well, they haven't killed it. If you possess it and use it as an arm brace, you're fine. Meaning, if the local 5-0 catch you in possession of a sig-brace attached pistol but without a tax stamp, you aren't automatically going to face criminal charges for possessing an SBR. They're going to have to prove that you "remade" or "redesigned" the brace as a stock.

Meaning - not that I'm anyone's lawyer or anything - that maybe people should exercise discretion about taking and posting pictures of themselves shooting their "pistols" from their shoulders.

[gtmtnbiker98]

Thank all the dumbasses on YouTube and to all that sent in letters asking for further clarification(s).

[LittleLebowski]

I predict CAA saddle sales to skyrocket

[Lester Polfus]

Where did I put that six pack of "I Told You So Stout?"

[BWT]

Stocks are on rifles. If you ask the ATF to approve your usage of something that is a brace as a stock; they're going to say that's a rifle. However, if it's a brace and you use it; sometimes from the shoulder. There's no restrictions on how to fire a pistol. But the moment you say it's a stock and ask to use it as a stock; it's over.

If you ask them can you set a firearm to shoot more than one bullet with one pull of the trigger. That's a machine gun.

They asked the ATF if this could be used as a stock and of course they said No. They have no choice.