A U.S. regulation restricting ownership of gun accessories known as pistol braces is likely illegal, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, a victory for a gun rights group challenging the rule.

“Attaching a pistol brace to a pistol, which doesn’t change the pistol in any fundamental way except stabilizing, does not stop a pistol from being a pistol,” said Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy.

Senate Democrats voted down a joint resolution Thursday that sought to block a Biden administration rule that toughens regulations on firearms with stabilizing braces. The 49-50 party-line vote on ...

The regulation, which went into effect June 1, was one of several steps Biden first announced in 2021 after a man using a stabilizing brace killed 10 people at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado ...

A stabilizing brace was also used in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio, that left nine people dead in 2019 and most recently in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.

The House approved a resolution related to pistol braces Tuesday, legislation that was at the center of the floor revolt conservatives staged last week that paused business in the chamber for days ...

President Joe Biden's pistol brace rule is at the center of both a congressional and legal battle as the GOP and gun rights supporters fight back against the gun control measure they claim ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal rules restricting use of pistol braces took effect on Thursday. The legislation was first announced in January when the U.S. Attorney General signed the Bureau of ...

The stabilizing brace rule was introduced as part of the comprehensive gun crime strategy Biden announced in April 2021 in response to the massacre at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, where a ...

More Gun Rights Advocates disagree, saying the braces don't change how a firearm's action works. A semi-automatic trigger must be pulled for each shot, whether the pistol has a brace or not.