NRA members EXEMPT from pistol brace ban, judge rules

[Paolung]

Everybody loves to hate on the NRA until...

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[Spitpatch]

...by relatively easy legal extrapolation, such an exemption has a potential to be expanded to other areas of firearm prohibition.

 

[Yarome]

Mehhh... Extremely late to the party and they did a pretty poor job in their petition. They failed to even make an APA argument but got bailed out by a sympathetic judge because the alphabet made the mistake of brining it up for them.

In the grand scheme... it's a positive for 2A rights, but as far as the NRA actually doing any favors for their membership, the injunction is a moot point. All their members, as well as everyone else in the country, were already "exempt" under the nationwide injunction.

This "successful" action jumping on the coattails of the other 2A right orgs that did all the heavy lifting for the NRA to file a "me too" lawsuit... that has no practical impact on anyone/anything... hasn't changed my mind in the least about the NRA and still won't support them. YMMV

 

[Stomper]

The NRA is still full of cancerous tumors. Not one of my pennies will they get.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

This is only NRA trying to get $.

A nationwide exemption for everyone already existed.

FPC, SAF, and GOA had previously got injunctions that covered their members. This increased members for them and generated lots of new $. It also likely took some $ away from NRA. NRA said we can make $ too so copycatted the others way after the fact and so late as to be meaningless. No change to gun owners protections, but done simply to put $ in their coffers which will help pay for lapierres $17 million golden parachute and continue to fund the NRA ruling class which sucks their coffers dry, leaving very little to fund their actual mission. NRA is a corrupt organization and their focus is making money for their oligarchy, not for their mission.

 

[Paolung]

This is only NRA trying to get $.

A nationwide exemption for everyone already existed.

FPC, SAF, and GOA had previously got injunctions that covered their members. This increased members for them and generated lots of new $. It also likely took some $ away from NRA. NRA said we can make $ too so copycatted the others way after the fact and so late as to be meaningless. No change to gun owners protections, but done simply to put $ in their coffers which will help pay for lapierres $17 million golden parachute and continue to fund the NRA ruling class which sucks their coffers dry, leaving very little to fund their actual mission. NRA is a corrupt organization and their focus is making money for their oligarchy, not for their mission.

The more legal victories we score against gun grabbers, the better.

I'm not a purist, I take the victory regardless of who wins it.

 

[Kcee]

I was thinking about converting a AR9 into a short barrel pistol with a pistol brace.

Would I have to join one of the exempt organizations to do so?

 

[bradsteen]

I was thinking about converting a AR9 into a short barrel pistol with a pistol brace.

Would I have to join one of the exempt organizations to do so?

If the AR9 is a rifle in its original configuration (with a stock, 16" barrel, etc) then you cannot legally convert it to a pistol. If it is a pistol in its original configuration (bare buffer tube or brace, barrel <16") you can convert it to a rifle and back again. If it is a receiver set, you can choose to set it up either as a rifle or pistol.

Note: original configuration means how it came from the factory.

Also the brace rule was just thrown out in the 5th circuit for everyone, so while you still should join the FPC, GOA, and other groups, you currently have relief without membership.

 

[Kcee]

Thanks Brad.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

If the AR9 is a rifle in it's current form (with a stock, 16" barrel, etc) then you cannot legally convert it to a pistol. If it is a pistol currently (bare buffer tube or brace, barrel <16") you can convert it to a rifle and back again. If it is currently a receiver set, you can choose to set it up either as a rifle or pistol.

Also the brace rule was just thrown out in the 5th circuit for everyone, so while you still should join the FPC, GOA, and other groups, you currently have relief without membership.

One small clarification that probably doesn't apply anyway, "originally manufactured" is the key. One could have a rifle in its "current configuration" that was originally manufactured as a pistol. Which could then go back to being a pistol. Again probably doesn't apply, but just for clarification.

 

[bradsteen]

One small clarification that probably doesn't apply anyway, "originally manufactured" is the key. One could have a rifle in its "current configuration" that was originally manufactured as a pistol. Which could then go back to being a pistol. Again probably doesn't apply, but just for clarification.

Good catch. Will amend my post for accuracy. Thanks!