![]() Although there are certainly other issues to bring up, we chose these three. Of particular interest to Firearms News readers are portions of the new rule dealing with permanently attached barrel extension, rearward attachment of buffer tubes and weight in relation to new and very lightweight models of AR-style rifles. But then it prompts all this ‘noise.’ There’s a lot of ‘noise’ out there.” It’s great because people get an advance look at what the rule is going to be. “But when that happens there’s an increased risk of inaccuracy, misinterpretation or misunderstanding. “There are a ton of people who are racing to be the first to comment on it,” Reeves said. That has likely led to much of the misunderstanding. The fact that the ATF released the new rule well before publication in the Federal Register gave many armchair interpreters and Saturday morning speculators time to look it over, however briefly, and form quick opinions, which they immediately distributed to the masses. Reeves has been practicing in the field of federal firearms and explosives laws and regulations for 20 years, interpreting regulations for clients and representing licensees in ATF revocation hearings. We recently spent an hour on the phone with attorney Johanna Reeves of Reeves and Dola, LLP, followed by several email exchanges, to try to clear up some of the muddy water. That being the fact, let’s move on to those questions that are tougher to answer. Those private owners who are not licensed FFLs must either register the firearm on a Form 1 (tax is waived), replace the barrel with one over 16 inches, remove the brace so that it cannot be reattached, forfeit the gun to the ATF or destroy the firearm. That means that Americans who own pistols with stabilizing braces attached have until May 31 to do one of several things in order to be under compliance under the NFA come June 1. With the ATF’s new rule reclassifying pistols with stabilizing braces as “short-barreled rifles” (SBRs) recently published in the Federal Register, owners of such firearms have 120 days to decide what to do with their guns. Unfortunately, it might take longer than that to understand some of the vaguer points in the rule, which can have a big effect on lawful gun owners who could find themselves turned into instant felons in a few months.īefore we get into some of those vague points, though, one thing is certain: The brace rule was officially published in the Federal Register on January 31.
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