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<blockquote data-quote="lilcountry" data-source="post: 3949921" data-attributes="member: 45404"><p>Got this reply from my representative today.</p><p></p><p>Response from Senator James Lankford</p><p></p><p></p><p>To:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thu 1/19/2023 3:23 PM</p><p></p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><img src="https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/Customers/JLankford/117_JL_Letterhead.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></td></tr></table><p><em></em></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td> </td><td><p style="text-align: left"><br /> January 19, 2023<br /> <br /> Thank you for contacting me about pistol braces. I appreciate the opportunity to hear from you.<br /> Pistol braces can be incredibly useful tools that help stabilize guns while shooting. Historically, pistol braces have been used by disabled combat veterans. In recent years, pistol braces have grown in popularity with all types of shooting sports.<br /> I have heard from Oklahomans who are opposed to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) recently proposed rulemaking that would classify almost all pistol braces as rifles. I am glad to hear from them because I am also strongly opposed to this final rule. This ATF proposal is a significant change in policy because rifles are considered National Firearms Act (NFA) items and must be registered and taxed through the ATF. I am critical of any ATF rule that changes or adds to NFA regulation because it often results in burdensome requirements for law-abiding gun owners. The rule is also incredibly vague in explaining how gun-owners can comply with the new regulation. <br /> That is why on April 12, 2022, I introduced the Pistol Brace Protection Act, which would gut the ATF rule by eliminating subjective standards that exist in federal law that have allowed ATF to reclassify firearms under the NFA. My bill guarantees that law-abiding gun owners will not have to register, destroy, or surrender their pistol brace. To read more about my bill, please click <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foutreach.senate.gov%2Fiqextranet%2FiqClickTrk.aspx%3F%26cid%3DJLankford%26crop%3D16652QQQ34355908QQQ9038290QQQ10481343%26report_id%3D%26redirect%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.lankford.senate.gov%252fnews%252fpress-releases%252flankford-stands-up-to-atf-in-defense-of-oklahomans-second-amendment-rights%26redir_log%3D900389434298885&data=05%7C01%7C%7C7bf99a1a3cc34070b1eb08dafa3128c9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638097386305879851%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jBL8FsBMNZpF8EPxs1Dy4qF9Kt2VLrrHAqLOvokCIAM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /> Congress determines firearm policy within the boundary of the Second Amendment. This is a clear power grab from the ATF and a prime example of a bloated and unchecked bureaucracy. To push back against this rule, I also signed onto a letter with fellow Republican Senators that explains in detail why pistol braces should not be classified as NFA items and what this means for Americans. The <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foutreach.senate.gov%2Fiqextranet%2FiqClickTrk.aspx%3F%26cid%3DJLankford%26crop%3D16652QQQ34355908QQQ9038290QQQ10481343%26report_id%3D%26redirect%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.lankford.senate.gov%252fimo%252fmedia%252fdoc%252fLetter%252520to%252520AG%252520and%252520Acting%252520Dirctor%252520of%252520ATF%2525206.24.2021.pdf%26redir_log%3D115347639048700&data=05%7C01%7C%7C7bf99a1a3cc34070b1eb08dafa3128c9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638097386305879851%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VzyqPN3etJI6WvPFJt4cutqVghxOdJwd8dFwCPmCp4s%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">letter</a> was sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and ATF last year. <br /> I hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to email me again at <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foutreach.senate.gov%2Fiqextranet%2FiqClickTrk.aspx%3F%26cid%3DJLankford%26crop%3D16652QQQ34355908QQQ9038290QQQ10481343%26report_id%3D%26redirect%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.lankford.senate.gov%252f%26redir_log%3D275171147907217&data=05%7C01%7C%7C7bf99a1a3cc34070b1eb08dafa3128c9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638097386305879851%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JJiFZRpsinGaoZ3oFZKvRUU3JfDbcL8agvzUuSAPwXo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">www.lankford.senate.gov</a> to learn more about my work in the United States Senate for all of us.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In God We Trust,<br /> <img src="https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/Customers/JLankford/SenatorSignature48.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><br /> James Lankford<br /> United States Senator<br /> <a 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[QUOTE="lilcountry, post: 3949921, member: 45404"] Got this reply from my representative today. Response from Senator James Lankford To: Thu 1/19/2023 3:23 PM [TABLE] [TR] [TD][IMG]https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/Customers/JLankford/117_JL_Letterhead.jpg[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [I][/I] [TABLE] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD][LEFT] January 19, 2023 Thank you for contacting me about pistol braces. I appreciate the opportunity to hear from you. Pistol braces can be incredibly useful tools that help stabilize guns while shooting. Historically, pistol braces have been used by disabled combat veterans. In recent years, pistol braces have grown in popularity with all types of shooting sports. I have heard from Oklahomans who are opposed to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) recently proposed rulemaking that would classify almost all pistol braces as rifles. I am glad to hear from them because I am also strongly opposed to this final rule. This ATF proposal is a significant change in policy because rifles are considered National Firearms Act (NFA) items and must be registered and taxed through the ATF. I am critical of any ATF rule that changes or adds to NFA regulation because it often results in burdensome requirements for law-abiding gun owners. The rule is also incredibly vague in explaining how gun-owners can comply with the new regulation. That is why on April 12, 2022, I introduced the Pistol Brace Protection Act, which would gut the ATF rule by eliminating subjective standards that exist in federal law that have allowed ATF to reclassify firearms under the NFA. My bill guarantees that law-abiding gun owners will not have to register, destroy, or surrender their pistol brace. To read more about my bill, please click [URL='https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foutreach.senate.gov%2Fiqextranet%2FiqClickTrk.aspx%3F%26cid%3DJLankford%26crop%3D16652QQQ34355908QQQ9038290QQQ10481343%26report_id%3D%26redirect%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.lankford.senate.gov%252fnews%252fpress-releases%252flankford-stands-up-to-atf-in-defense-of-oklahomans-second-amendment-rights%26redir_log%3D900389434298885&data=05%7C01%7C%7C7bf99a1a3cc34070b1eb08dafa3128c9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638097386305879851%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jBL8FsBMNZpF8EPxs1Dy4qF9Kt2VLrrHAqLOvokCIAM%3D&reserved=0']here[/URL]. Congress determines firearm policy within the boundary of the Second Amendment. This is a clear power grab from the ATF and a prime example of a bloated and unchecked bureaucracy. To push back against this rule, I also signed onto a letter with fellow Republican Senators that explains in detail why pistol braces should not be classified as NFA items and what this means for Americans. The [URL='https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foutreach.senate.gov%2Fiqextranet%2FiqClickTrk.aspx%3F%26cid%3DJLankford%26crop%3D16652QQQ34355908QQQ9038290QQQ10481343%26report_id%3D%26redirect%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.lankford.senate.gov%252fimo%252fmedia%252fdoc%252fLetter%252520to%252520AG%252520and%252520Acting%252520Dirctor%252520of%252520ATF%2525206.24.2021.pdf%26redir_log%3D115347639048700&data=05%7C01%7C%7C7bf99a1a3cc34070b1eb08dafa3128c9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638097386305879851%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VzyqPN3etJI6WvPFJt4cutqVghxOdJwd8dFwCPmCp4s%3D&reserved=0']letter[/URL] was sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and ATF last year. I hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to email me again at [URL='https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foutreach.senate.gov%2Fiqextranet%2FiqClickTrk.aspx%3F%26cid%3DJLankford%26crop%3D16652QQQ34355908QQQ9038290QQQ10481343%26report_id%3D%26redirect%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.lankford.senate.gov%252f%26redir_log%3D275171147907217&data=05%7C01%7C%7C7bf99a1a3cc34070b1eb08dafa3128c9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638097386305879851%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JJiFZRpsinGaoZ3oFZKvRUU3JfDbcL8agvzUuSAPwXo%3D&reserved=0']www.lankford.senate.gov[/URL] to learn more about my work in the United States Senate for all of us. 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