Immediate Block of ATF Short Barreled Rifle & Pistol Brace Rule Denied!!!
A federal court in Texas denied a preliminary injunction against the ATF's pistol brace rule, classifying many braced pistols as Short Barreled Rifles (SBRs) subject to NFA regulations. The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) argued the rule violates the Administrative Procedures Act and the Second Amendment in the case Mock v. Garland. Judge Reed O'Connor found the plaintiffs did not demonstrate a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, citing a lack of historical evidence and concluding the rule regulates rather than bans, thus not directly violating the Second Amendment. Other legal challenges to the rule are ongoing.









