06-08-2021, 08:41 PM
Guys, they never said they were all legal. They always said certain specific models were legal if they were used as they were allegedly designed and that they were not legal if the possessor designed a firearm with them to be used braced against the shoulder. I've read all of the ATF letters as they've come out. In the first letter approving one of them, they said the specific model was legal but that it was illegal to shoulder it. Then a second letter came out which said ok, this one's legal too and you can situationally shoulder it, but if the possessor of the brace designs the firearm with the intent to shoulder it, it's not legal. That's when the market exploded and the industry advertised "The ATF said it's ok to shoulder an arm brace!" In 2019, they said "seriously folks, don't design your firearm to be shouldered". It's the gun industry that advertised the assertion that the ATF said they are legal no matter how you use them and made millions selling them. The good news is that they still allow a pistol that is designed to be used as a pistol, as evidenced by their example with an SBA Mini. The Disabled Veterans for which the market allegedly exists should be rejoicing.
Let's go Brandon!