These include the state of Texas and Gun Owners of America. They sought judicial relief from what many believe is yet another overreach by the current administration to curtail gun rights.
The pistol brace ban was a unilateral move by the White House to reclassify a wide range of firearms. If a weapon’s barrel is shorter than 16 inches and the gun owner equips it with a brace, it would now be a short-barreled rifle.
This is a drastic change that magically morphs the firearm into the realm of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA).
Now it must be registered with the federal government.
Tipton’s ruling was hardly his first in the case. Back on May 31, he issued the original injunction preventing enforcement of the ATF rule. According to the agency, pistol brace owners before the judge’s act had a handful of drastic choices to make to be in compliance with the regulation.
They could turn in the complete firearm with attached brace to the ATF, apply to register it under the NFA, destroy it completely, convert the weapon to a long-barreled rifle or permanently remove and destroy or alter the brace to where it could not be reattached to the weapon.
These simple devices were invented over a decade ago to assist disabled veterans in continuing to enjoy sport shooting. They grew in popularity to where they are now millions in circulation in the U.S.
Friday’s preliminary injunction means the ATF is barred from enforcing the pistol brace rule against Gun Owners of America members until Texas v. ATF is resolved.
