BREAKING: ATF says most popular pistol braces "shouldering devices"

[golddigger14s]

There are a lot of FUDDs out there. "Oh, I believe in the 2nd A, but nobody needs an AR or AK and 30 round clips."
This includes a retired 1SG that I met, and even my dumb ass SIL.

 

[Glocktogo]

Official link to the Federal Register document to be published tomorrow morning. 2020-27857.pdf (federalregister.gov)

DATES: Written comments must be postmarked and electronic comments must be submitted on or before [INSERT DATE 14 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. Commenters should be aware that This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 12/18/2020 and available online at federalregister.gov/d/2020-27857, and on govinfo.gov the electronic Federal Docket Management System will not accept comments after midnight Eastern time on the last day of the comment period.

Note they mean to only give 2 weeks to comment, rather than the standard 90 days. That means comments open on the Friday before Christmas week and close on New Years Day, when many businesses are closed or on skeleton crew operations.

 

[golddigger14s]

"The ATF is instituting rulemaking to redefine at least some, probably most or all, braced pistols as SBRs.
They are offering free stamps to owners of the newly defined SBRs.
They seem to be violating the required rulemaking requirement of 90 days by allowing only two weeks for public comment, likely two weeks over the Christmas holidays."

 

[harley128]

Wow! This should be interesting!

 

[Glocktogo]

"The ATF is instituting rulemaking to redefine at least some, probably most or all, braced pistols as SBRs.
They are offering free stamps to owners of the newly defined SBRs.
They seem to be violating the required rulemaking requirement of 90 days by allowing only two weeks for public comment, likely two weeks over the Christmas holidays."

Not only that, I haven't been able to find anywhere in Public Law where the U.S. Attorney General has the authority to declare a firearms amnesty and issue free tax stamps.

 

[OKCHunter]

"The ATF is instituting rulemaking to redefine at least some, probably most or all, braced pistols as SBRs.
They are offering free stamps to owners of the newly defined SBRs.
They seem to be violating the required rulemaking requirement of 90 days by allowing only two weeks for public comment, likely two weeks over the Christmas holidays."

Free stamps? I wonder if that means you could then put a regular stock on it since it would be an SBR?

 

[CutBaitNBlowSh*tUp4ALivin]

Free stamps? I wonder if that means you could then put a regular stock on it since it would be an SBR?

I still think they're gonna be AOWs and ineligible to become SBRs. Could be wrong...

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[thor447]

Free stamps? I wonder if that means you could then put a regular stock on it since it would be an SBR?

From the letter:
Attorney General plans retroactively to exempt such firearms from the collection of NFA taxes if they were made or acquired, prior to the publication of this notice, in good faith.

 

[Glocktogo]

Free stamps? I wonder if that means you could then put a regular stock on it since it would be an SBR?

The proposal I linked in Post #73 doesn't specify, which means it will mean whatever they want it to mean. I know BATFE as a collective can be monumentally stupid at times, but I can't imagine they intended to open up the SBR Registry for as many free SBR's as the public wanted?

I still think they're gonna be AOWs and ineligible to become SBRs. Could be wrong...

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The Docket only references pistols and SBR's, not AOW's.

 

[harley128]

From the letter:
Attorney General plans retroactively to exempt such firearms from the collection of NFA taxes if they were made or acquired, prior to the publication of this notice, in good faith.

You have to have already owned the stock before publication of the letter, and purchased it in good faith to qualify for the free stamp.

It says "made or acquired" prior to publication. If the gun was manufactured prior---wouldn't that qualify ? Even if you don't own it----yet. ?