Gun Control Tightens as Biden Admin Announces New Rule on ‘Stabilizing Braces’
The Justice Department (DOJ) has announced a new rule targeting pistol attachments known as “stabilizing braces,” the latest step in implementing President Joe Biden’s desire to see tighter gun control.
DOJ said in a press release on Jan. 13 that it has submitted the final rule to the Federal Register, formalizing the regulation that Biden pushed for in April 2020 after it was found that a shooter who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, used a stabilizing brace.
Under the new rule (pdf), anyone manufacturing, selling, or using stabilizing braces—defined in the rule as devices that can be used to shoulder-fire pistols like rifles—must now comply with laws regulating short-barreled rifles, including background checks for transfers and additional taxation….