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“ On Friday, January 13, 2023, ATF and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced they finalized a rule on pistol braces that is set to be enforced soon after it is entered into the Federal Register. The new rule gives owners, manufacturers, and distributors 120 days to report their stabilizing braces to the ATF. They may also remove and destroy the stabilizing brace or turn in any pistol modified by a stabilizing brace to the ATF, or otherwise could face thousands of dollars in fines and upwards of 10 years in prison.
The rule seeks to reclassify firearms with pistol braces as short-barrel rifles (SBR), which require extra registration with the government and a tax stamp that normally totals $200 under the National Firearms Act (NFA). However, the ATF states that affected persons will have 120 days from the publication of the final rule to register their firearm without paying the $200 making tax.”