GOA’s Injunction Against ATF’s Pistol Brace Rule Extended Until Case Is Settled

Gun Owners of America’s (GOA) preliminary injunction against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule on pistol stabilizing devices (Final Rule 2021R-08F) has been extended until the conclusion of the case.

The case, State of Texas v. ATF, was bought by GOA, Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), and the state of Texas to challenge the ATF rule that reversed years of determinations surrounding pistols equipped with stabilizing devices. The ATF’s new rule reclassified most pistols with stabilizing braces to short-barreled rifles (SBRs), meaning the firearms would be regulated under the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA). It required owners of these guns to register the firearms with the ATF, submit to additional background checks, hand over passport pictures, and provide fingerprints.

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Before anybody starts screaming about it, please know that I agree with you - that injunction, as well as the FPC's injunction, should've been nation-wide instead of just GOA and FPC members.

I'm not an attorney and all that legal shit gives me a headache, so I don't understand why the judges did it this way.