U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- The ATF has overstepped its boundaries yet again. This time, trying to requalify pistol stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a lawsuit immediately after the ATF’s new rule went into effect. The new rule is a reclassification of pistols with stabilizing braces that give owners of such braces 120 days to either swap the barrel for a rifle length barrel, remove and dispose of the pistol brace or register the firearm with the ATF. Read the full complaint here.
The fine for failing to comply with the new regulation is up to 10 years in prison, $10,000, or both. Former Marines Darren Britto of Amarillo, Gabriel Tauscher of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and Shawn Kroll of Hartland, Wisconsin, decided that they could not stand by and watch the federal government use the ATF as a tool to violate the rights of American Citizens.
By Dan Wos