Almost 37,000 comments have been submitted on the proposal to ban/register in the 5 days since it went live. They appear to be uniformly negative. I detail what some of them say here:
“This is the most arbitrary set of rules I’ve ever heard of,” said Jack Ort, “and you’ll just make millions of normal Americans into felons despite a complete lack of evidence that these braces are a problem.” thereload.com/americans-floo…
The overwhelmingly negative comments could lead to the proposal being pulled. Other controversial gun proposals have been pulled after the public comment period. thereload.com/americans-floo…
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“There’s a massive grassroots effort to oppose these proposed regulations and we know our tools are being used aggressively to help spread information and awareness,” @gunpolicy's Adam Kraut told me of the backlash to the ATF's pistol brace ban plan. thereload.com/americans-floo…
“The change of this law, which has precedent established, without legislation or judicial oversight is not only unconstitutional, but abjectly immoral,” one commenter said. thereload.com/americans-floo…
Some were more succinct with their criticism. “Unconstitutional,” one anonymous commenter said. “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED,” another said. thereload.com/americans-floo…
Nearly 37,000 comments have been left on the pistol brace ban proposal after just 5 days. That's tens of thousands more than ever get left on most rule change proposals. The comments are overwhelmingly negative. thereload.com/americans-floo…
“This is the most arbitrary set of rules I’ve ever heard of,” one commenter said, “and you’ll just make millions of normal Americans into felons despite a complete lack of evidence that these braces are a problem.”
The Reload Members Newsletter is out this morning. I talk about how the struggle over "assault weapons" bans is entering its end game while the fight over pistol braces is starting to heat up. Check it out here if you're already a member: thereload.com/members-newsle…
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I also talked about our Co-Founders shooting trip which went great! These pictures of me, @SDawnHeyse, and @NickFondacaro turned out fantastic. I'm considering doing more of these exclusive shoots in the future.
The Virginia Delegate Who Led a 2020 Effort to Enact New Gun-Control Laws Was Soundly Defeated in This Week's Primaries thereload.com/virginia-gun-c…
Democrat Mark Levine was the sponsor of the Universal Background Check and Red Flag bills that passed in 2020 as well as the "Assault Weapons" ban that failed. He ran on his gun record in 2021 and lost two races on the same night. thereload.com/virginia-gun-c…
Levine garnered only about 11% of the vote in the Lieutenant Governor race and lost his own delegate seat in deep-blue Alexandria by more than 15 points. Just a year after leading the push to pass a collection of new gun laws, Levine is completely out of Virginia government.
The ATF announced a proposal yesterday that would outlaw the vast majority of guns with stabilizing pistol braces. There are estimated to be as many as 40 million currently owned by Americans. thereload.com/biden-admins-p…
The ATF's proposal creates a point system for determining whether a gun with a brace is illegal or not. It uses objective measures like weight or length but they are often based on arbitrary decisions about whether the gun can be fired with one hand. thereload.com/biden-admins-p…
The agency gives specific examples of how they would apply the points system to braces which implies the vast majority of the 40 million already in civilian hands would be illegal. That leaves owners with few options to avoid committing a federal felony. thereload.com/biden-admins-p…