Latest / Live to Shoot - Defending our 2nd Amendment Rights / What to Do With Your Pistol Brace
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- 0:15Welcome to the Live Shoot podcast.
- 0:17My name is Jeff Dole, and I've been a licensed firearm dealer for the last 15 years.
- 0:21In this podcast, we talk about all things related to the Second Amendment.
- 0:23Might throw in a sports story or talk about something going on in my personal life.
- 0:27So welcome, welcome, welcome.
- 0:29Today is April 14th.
- 0:31I took last weekend, last week off from the podcast just for Easter and just clearing my head.
- 0:39Take a little break, but we're back at it now and hope everybody had a great Easter and getting ready to go full speed and, you know, turn into to summer baseball has started and loving it.
- 0:51My rangers are off to a pretty good start, so we'll see how that goes.
- 0:55So, Today I'm gonna, we're gonna be talking about the pistol brace and what we should be thinking about doing over the next 45 days or so.
- 1:05That's how much more time we have left in the grace period.
- 1:09And so just to recap, the ATF issued a new ruling regarding pistol braces and basically declared them a N FFA item and that you need to register your pistol brace and ar pistol that it attaches to as an S B R, or you are now a felon.
- 1:29And there are millions of these out there, and they so graciously gave everybody 120 days to get this done with without having to pay any type of, of tax stamp, the$200 tax stamp or to, to register the item.
- 1:43And so we are right at about 45 days, May 31st is when the grace period ends.
- 1:49The ATF is put up on their E-Forms site, a special place to go and get this done.
- 1:56What are we, what are we gonna do?
- 1:56So when this first came out and I discussed it, my opinion, my advice was, let's not do anything.
- 2:03Let's see what happens.
- 2:04There's gonna be a, a.
- 2:06A bunch of lawsuits probably swirling around this, and surely, surely, you know, this thing is gonna, a stop is gonna be put because this is clearly unconstitutional what the ATF has done, and it definitely violates the second Amendment.
- 2:20So we are, like I said, past the 60 day mark and there's been, there are quite a few lawsuits.
- 2:27Nothing has really.
- 2:28Been determined yet we did have a somewhat of a setback.
- 2:31There was a lawsuit monk v Garland that was a, a asking for temporary injection relief from the, the law, the ruling, and it was turned down by the judge.
- 2:44Now, people that have analyzed this, the judge that has was, seemed to be a favorable judge, has ruled favorably for the Second Amendment.
- 2:54You know, people were a little confused by, by his ruling looking at it, it looks like he was just, he's really asking.
- 3:00You know, give me some more evidence.
- 3:02Your arguments weren't strong enough.
- 3:04I need to know I need more.
- 3:06Right?
- 3:06And ultimately he said that there's nothing, you know, he's not, if restricting the, the purchase or sale of, of pistol braces you just have to, so he didn't believe that it's re you know, infringing on your second amendment, that you can use'em for whatever you want.
- 3:23And if you do attach'em to a, a firearm, you have to register that firearm.
- 3:27We'll see, but there's really actually two other lawsuits out there that are, that are much better cases.
- 3:34There's the state of Texas gun Owners of America and several others versus the at t f, and in that they're looking for a nationwide temporary injunction on.
- 3:45This ruling.
- 3:47And then there is the firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition versus Garland, or versus the atf, I'm sorry, or versus Garland, I believe.
- 3:57It's out north, North Dakota.
- 3:58There's 26 attorney Generals on board with this lawsuit, and so it looks to be a.
- 4:04A, a strong case as well with almost half the country or over half the country signed onto this one.
- 4:10So those are still pending.
- 4:12And to recap, you know, what are your options?
- 4:15And, you know, originally I said let's not do anything.
- 4:18So you can, your options are, you can permanently remove the brace and make it where you cannot attach it anymore.
- 4:27You can add a longer barrel onto your firearm over 16.
- 4:31You can file the form one to convert it into a, a short billed rifle.
- 4:36You can turn in the firearm to the atf or you can destroy the firearm.
- 4:42So, most of these options aren't really great.
- 4:44You know, my opinion is, is if you don't re, you don't need to register and give the info, the government, any information on your guns.
- 4:53That you don't have to.
- 4:54And that's why my advice right now is, is let's not do anything.
- 4:58If it comes down to it and it, nothing is done immediately, the what I would do is I would let the grace period expire.
- 5:06I still would not register it.
- 5:08I would remove it separate them and, and, and continue to wait because I still do believe that this is going to be overturned.
- 5:18You know, there.
- 5:19Congress has, has legislation in, in place that they're trying to get done around this.
- 5:24They're trying to reign in the control of the atf.
- 5:27Some are actually wanting to abolish the atf which would be a, a, a great thing.
- 5:32They are tyrannical organization in a lot of sense.
- 5:36I mean, there's a lot of good agents, a lot of doomed.
- 5:38Good work out there.
- 5:39I interact with them.
- 5:41Never had any problems with the ATF as an ffl, but I think from the leadership from the Department of Justice they're really trying to, you know work with the leftist gun and control advocates and really take away all of our guns.
- 5:55That is where I believe the ATF is at this point from a top down, and that comes from Merrick Garland, who's runs the DO OJ and all the way through.
- 6:05So, Again, we're gonna keep our eye on these two lawsuits.
- 6:09We're gonna watch what happens.
- 6:11We're gonna revisit this probably in a couple weeks, right around the May 1st timeline, see how things are looking, see if there's anything more definitive happening.
- 6:20But again, right now, I'm gonna stick with my advice.
- 6:22Let's do nothing and see what happens.
- 6:26So, take care, share this podcast.
- 6:29You know, the, the concern is too, that there's a lot of people out there that may own these pistol braces.
- 6:34Don't follow the news on a regular basis.
- 6:36They bought one five years ago and they have it and you know, they're not big, you know, into the gun gun news and following things and maybe not ever heard about it.
- 6:47And.
- 6:48Potentially in 45 days, they're felons.
- 6:51So share this podcast with people.
- 6:53Let people know what's going on.
- 6:55Help'em stay informed, help'em fight for their, their second amendment rights because it's gonna take all of us to continue to pro protect the Second Amendment because they are coming forward and they want it very badly.
- 7:06They want to eliminate the Second Amendment.
- 7:08They wanna take our guns, they wanna make us beholden to them.
- 7:11They want to be a tyran.
- 7:13Government with all the control.
- 7:16And I say that and I believe that very strongly.
- 7:19So share it.
- 7:21Tell people about it.
- 7:22Spread the word.
- 7:23Help your friends.
- 7:24Take care and have a good weekend.