Public comment on the ATF’s proposed AR-pistol rule changes is nearing a close, and the Second Amendment Foundation is warning Americans to beware of President Biden’s regulatory gun control.
On June 7, 2021, Breitbart News noted that the Department of Justice’s ATF was propagating a new rule for AR-pistols with stabilizer braces. The rule would mean AR-pistols with certain stabilizers would be brought under the purview of the National Firearms Act (NFA), thereby requiring the purchasers of said pistols to be fingerprinted and photographed, to undergo an extensive background check, to register their pistols with the ATF, and to pay $200 to the federal government in taxes. (That is a $200 per AR-pistol requirement, rather than a one-time $200 fee.)
The Second Amendment Foundation pointed out that the ATF approved the sale of stabilizer braces in 2012, in part because of the benefit wounded combat veterans received from the devices:
full story at https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/26/second-amendment-foundation-beware-of-bidens-regulatory-gun-control/