Federal Judge Blocks Nationwide Enforcement Of Pistol-Brace Ban

That's the outcome of a ruling handed down by United States District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on Wednesday.

The Rule 'embodies salutary policy goals meant to protect vulnerable people in our society,'" Judge Kacsmaryk wrote in Britto v. ATF. "But public safety concerns must be addressed in ways that are lawful. This Rule is not."

"The Final Rule affects individual rights, speaks with the force of law, and significantly implicates private interests," Judge Jerry E. Smith wrote for the majority in Mock v. Garland.

The panel sent the case back down to Judge Reed O'Connor who issued a preliminary injunction against the rule as applied to the plaintiffs in the case, including members of the Firearms Policy Coalition.

"[T]he Court finds that the Government Defendants' implementation and enforcement of the Final Rule substantially threatens to inflict irreparable constitutional harm upon the FPC members," Judge O'Connor wrote in Mock v. Garland.

His ruling stays enforcement of the law as it applies to everyone across the country.

That's a significant departure from Judge O'Connor's ruling, where he rejected a request to extend his preliminary injunction to all braced gun owners.

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