NRA, gun-rights advocates hail ATF withdrawal of planned guidance on pistol-stabilizing braces

The National Rifle Association and other supporters of Second Amendment gun rights have hailed a recent decision by the Trump administration to reverse course on planned guidance regarding pistol-stabilizing braces.

The initial guidance – proposed via the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) – could have effectively banned the braces, which resemble gunstocks and attach to handguns to help improve a user’s aim, according to The Washington Times.

But the ATF recently withdrew the guidance after receiving feedback from the NRA, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., and more than 80 other members of Congress who support Second Amendment rights, the NRA noted in a Twitter post.