Federal Court Strikes Down Biden ATF’s Pistol Brace Rule

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives from enforcing a rule that bans so-called pistol braces, in another blow against the Biden administration’s gun control agenda.

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas, a Donald Trump appointee, noted in his ruling that while he understood the public safety concerns of the ATF, the rule in question was not “lawful,” The Epoch Times reported.

“The Court is certainly sympathetic to ATF’s concerns over public safety in the wake of tragic mass shootings. The Rule ’embodies salutary policy goals meant to protect vulnerable people in our society,’” he wrote.

“Public safety concerns must be addressed in ways that are lawful. This rule is not,” he added in a ruling that affects millions of gun owners around the country.

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The case, Britto v. ATF, challenges the pistol brace rule under the Administrative Procedures Act, a decades-old law that governs whether federal agencies propose or establish…