{"id":1841509,"date":"2023-02-09T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1841509"},"modified":"2023-02-09T16:51:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:51:18","slug":"gun-owners-of-america-and-texas-ag-files-suit-against-atf-pistol-brace-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-owners-of-america-and-texas-ag-files-suit-against-atf-pistol-brace-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Owners of America and Texas AG Files Suit Against ATF Pistol Brace Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgun-owners-of-america-and-texas-ag-files-suit-against-atf-pistol-brace-rule%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1841509&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"subheading\">Gun Owners of America (GOA), the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are filing suit Thursday against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF\u2019s) pistol brace rule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2nd-amendment\/2023\/01\/31\/atf-immediately-sued-upon-publication-of-pistol-brace-rule\/\">reported<\/a> The ATF pistol brace rule places pistol stabilisers braces under the National Firearms Act&#8217;s (NFA) auspices.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_21382922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ATF-officers-patrol-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21382922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ATF-officers-patrol-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>ATF officers. (Steve Helber\/AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On January 31, 2023 the Federal Register published this rule. It gave brace owners 120-days to follow the five steps:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2022 Turn in the entire firearm with the attached \u201cstabilizing brace\u201d ATF<br \/>\u2022 Destroy the whole firearm;<br \/>\u2022 Convert the short-barreled rifle into a long-barreled rifle;<br \/>\u2022 Apply to register the weapon under the NFA; or<br \/>\u2022 Permanently remove and dispose of, or alter, the \u201cstabilizing brace\u201d Remove the firearm from the gun so it can&#8217;t be reattached.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/01\/15\/atf-stabilizer-brace-rule-means-the-registration-of-millions-of-guns\/\">Not noted<\/a>\u00a0The ATF pistol brace rules portends the registration and purchase of millions of firearms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>GOA, GOF, Texas AG Paxton have filed suit in the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Texas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Use the link below to help GOA and our Congressional 2A Champions fight the ATF \u2935\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hUdMB7aWvg\">https:\/\/t.co\/hUdMB7aWvg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GunOwners\/status\/1623709566008451078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GOA\u2019s senior vice president, Erich Pratt, commented on the suit, saying, \u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">Millions of Americans are facing a very tight deadline to destroy or register their lawfully owned property under this draconian new rule. We hope the court will hear the pleas of gun owners across the country who will be irrevocably harmed by this rule, and GOA stands ready to fight it at every turn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>GOF\u2019s Sam Paredes noted, \u201cThis rule will have some of the most wide-reaching impacts nationwide in the tyrannical history of gun control. We the People will not tolerate this abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16176920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1199532427.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16176920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1199532427.png\" alt=\"A man with his flag listens to speakers at a protest to new gun legislation at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 8, 2020. - The protestors are opposing new gun legislation that they say will restrict their US second amendment rights. Utah is an open carry state. (Photo by GEORGE FREY \/ AFP) (Photo by GEORGE FREY\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(GEORGE FREY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Paxton said: \u201cTh<span lang=\"EN-US\">is is yet another attempt by the Biden Administration to create a workaround to the U.S. Constitution and expand gun registration in America. There is absolutely no legal basis for ATF\u2019s haphazard decision to try to change the long-standing classification for stabilizing braces, force registration on Americans, and then throw them in jail for ten years if they don\u2019t quickly comply. This rule is dangerous and unconstitutional, and I\u2019m hopeful that this lawsuit will ensure that it is never allowed to take effect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News\u00a0and the writer\/curator of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AWR Hawkins Down Range<\/a>,\u00a0a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst at Breitbart News.\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armedamericanradio.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Radio American Armed<\/a>\u00a0Turning Point USA Ambassador. AWR Hawkins has a PhD in Military History. His research focuses on the Vietnam War (brownwater Navy), U.S. Navy from Inception, Civil War, Early Modern Europe, and the Civil War. Follow him on Instagram\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>.\u00a0To get Down Range, sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.\u00a0Contact him at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun Owners of America (GOA), the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are filing suit Thursday against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF\u2019s) pistol brace rule. Breitbart News reported The ATF pistol brace rule places pistol stabilisers braces under the National Firearms Act&#8217;s (NFA) auspices. ATF officers. 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