New ATF guidance on SB15 braces.

[PPGMD]

That's a fair point. The gun industry is much more willing to put their knife in the ground and fight than they were back in the bad old days when most of the mainstream gun companies bent over for the assault weapons ban and such. Now EVERYBODY has a piece of the black rifle pie.

I think the post-Heller legal landscape changed things. Before that court case it was "Mother may I."

So instead of having to argue why they should be allowed to make something, the government has to argue why it should be banned. That totally changes the legal landscape.

[Suvorov]

What a pisser.....

And prosecution is being brought against some local turds in Kalifornia for possessing SBRs (AKA Sig Brace) thus "violating" Kalifornia's SBR language.

https://www.turlockcitynews.com/crim...-home-invasion

[Byron]

Weeeelp..... I don't think that's the test case anyone in the gun-rights movement wants to take in challenging the classification of a SB15 pistol as an SBR.

[Suvorov]

Weeeelp..... I don't think that's the test case anyone in the gun-rights movement wants to take in challenging the classification of a SB15 pistol as an SBR.

Nope!

[joshs]

Weeeelp..... I don't think that's the test case anyone in the gun-rights movement wants to take in challenging the classification of a SB15 pistol as an SBR.

From the story, it seems like he is probably being charged under state law. Even if a California court decides that an SB15 is a stock, that wouldn't have any precedential value in a prosecution for violation of the NFA.

[5pins]

SIG Responds to ATF Brace Ruling.

http://gunssavelives.net/gun-industr...l-take-action/

[Suvorov]

From the story, it seems like he is probably being charged under state law. Even if a California court decides that an SB15 is a stock, that wouldn't have any precedential value in a prosecution for violation of the NFA.

From the info on CalGuns it appears the issue isn't the brace but the fact that the receiver was a rifle receiver. So it looks like this wasn't the case "they" were looking for either (thankfully).

[John Ralston]

So...I guess if you fire this pistol in the same manner you have an SBR too?

[Suvorov]

So...I guess if you fire this pistol in the same manner you have an SBR too?

It MAGICALLY becomes a rifle!

[Byron]

SIG Responds to ATF Brace Ruling.

http://gunssavelives.net/gun-industr...l-take-action/

I love this new age of the gun rights movement. I was only 11 when the '94 AWB went into place, with a number of companies throwing themselves at the feet of the government for mercy. That became my firearm "reality." I figured that's the way things would always be... or they'd keep getting worse.

Now I'm living in an age where gun companies are willing to go toe-to-toe with the federal government to illustrate the ridiculousness of federal firearm laws.

We've come a long way, baby.