Second Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks ATF Pistol Brace Rule Ahead of Registration Deadline

Justin Barrett, owner of Barrett Outdoors in Durant, Okla., displays an AK pistol with a stabilizing brace. On the counter next to him is a similar brace for an AR15 pistol. Michael Clements/The Epoch Times

A second federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of a new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) rule that makes pistol stabilizing braces subject to the National Firearms Act of 1934.

According to a statement on the Second Amendment Foundation website, U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle granted a preliminary injunction against the rule in the Foundation’s lawsuit, SAF et al. v. ATF et al. The suit is filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas.