Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) has reintroduced his Pistol Brace Protection Act that would exempt the stabilizers from the National Firearms Act (NFA).
Lankford’s bill, first introduced in 2022, would nullify the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recently announced rule on the devices.
“ATF consistently finds new ways to manipulate the NFA, so it’s difficult and burdensome to be a law-abiding gun owner. Law-abiding gun owners are counting on us to proactively protect their rights and their use of pistol braces,” Lankford wrote in a statement released on Feb. 9.
The pistol stabilizing brace first hit the market in 2012 to help disabled shooters. The ATF approved the design initially for pistols built on the AR-15 platform….