Last week the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) chose to reconsider and clarify its Jan. 6, 2015 Open Letter on the use of stabilizing braces as shoulder stocks.

Individuals who already own firearms with stabilizing braces that meet the shoulder-mounted definition must either register their property with the government within 120 days of the rule being ...

A man using a stabilizing brace on an AR-15 pistol killed 10 people at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. Another used one at a school in Nashville, Tennessee that killed three 9-year-old ...

ATF defines stabilizing braces as an accessory "that provides a surface area that allows the weapon to be fired from the shoulder, so long as other factors that indicate that the firearm is ...

In 2017, the ATF reaffirmed that "stabilizing braces are perfectly legal accessories for large handguns or pistols," although an accessory "employed as a shoulder stock" would make any firearm ...

According to the new rule, pistols, or firearms with barrels less than 16 inches, with stabilizing braces are classified as short barreled rifles. With the new classifications comes new regulations.

Stabilizing braces essentially turn handguns into short-barrel rifles, writes The Dallas Morning News editorial board.(Getty Images) Last week, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and ...

Gun control advocates have long pushed for the federal government to clamp down on stabilizing braces — an effort that gained more traction after the devices were used by pistol-wielding ...

The stabilizing brace rule was introduced as part of the comprehensive gun crime strategy Biden announced in April 2021 in response to the massacre at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, where a ...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives defines stabilizing braces as accessories that allow a firearm to be fired from the shoulder, potentially converting a pistol into a short ...