Even without a formal rule, the ATF still says it can classify braced pistols as SBRs.
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The Biden-era rule that sought to reclassify millions of pistols equipped with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles (SBRs) may be gone, but the logic underlying it is still very much alive within the agency tasked with enforcing the nation’s gun laws. In a Monday court filing, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) urged a federal judge to dismiss a lingering…
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