Went to a pawn shop today and bought a shotgun. While waiting for the employee to get my 4473 ready I was browsing and what do I see on the rack? An AR pistol with a pistol brace on it. The adjustable one. I quietly informed the clerk of the ban added to the registry this week, and they had no idea. About that time another customer overheard our conversation and asked another clerk to see it, which they did, and he bought it. So apparently I just witnessed a couple of felonies. This making rules up as you see fit needs to stop, because last week this was legal.
Not everyone knows about the brace ban
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I thought the ban doesn't kick in for 120 days after being published in federal register. Several online gun retailers still have braced pistols listed for sale.
tomtomgt356
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As of this morning it is still not listed in the register, so it has not taken effect and the 120 day clock has not started. No felonies committed, just law abiding citizens doing lawful transactions.
I thought it was published in the registry this week and as I understand it, as soon as it's published in the registry it's considered contraband. The 120 days is how long you have to apply for the stamp or otherwise "comply". Maybe I'm misunderstanding it.
Maybe, but even if so, I don't see why they would be contraband until you are out of the 120 day period, because you could wait til day 119 to apply for the stamp and still be legal, at least for individual private owners. Not sure if FFLs would have to follow different rules.
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Yeah, I wonder how this works because the only reason I know about it is because I'm a gun enthusiasts and frequent places like this where it's discussed. What about the millions of people who may own one of these items, but don't actively follow the gun community?
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I would think that the day it is "law" or the "official rule", or whatever this actually is, the FFL's, and anyone else for that matter, would have to stop sales of them. Im pretty sure too, you have to be in possession of them prior to that date too to be able to start the process, assuming that's how youre going to go. I would think anything after that date would be contraband.
I was thinking since we havent seen it recorded yet and we're this far through the month, that maybe its going to be 1 Feb, but who knows. So far they haven't, and you would have thought that it would have been done right away.
I do find it kind of strange that you havent heard a peep about this anywhere on the mainstream news, considering how many people have them. I know a number of people who's interest in any of this beyond just having something is basically nil, and the couple Ive talked to didnt have a clue.
I was thinking since we havent seen it recorded yet and we're this far through the month, that maybe its going to be 1 Feb, but who knows. So far they haven't, and you would have thought that it would have been done right away.
I do find it kind of strange that you havent heard a peep about this anywhere on the mainstream news, considering how many people have them. I know a number of people who's interest in any of this beyond just having something is basically nil, and the couple Ive talked to didnt have a clue.
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Most people either don't know or just don't care.
This shows the importance of getting the information from the source rather than third hand. You too can check the Federal Register by hitting one of the links in other threads on this topic. This is one of them: https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau
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