Firearms; Firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge, e.g. sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project signal flares only, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers and line-throwing guns (excl. revolvers and pistols of heading 9302 and military weapons) (HS code(s): 9303); Weapons (ICS code(s): 95.060)

Removing Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached ''Stabilizing Braces''; (10 page(s), in English)

Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (''ATF'') is proposing to amend Department of Justice (''Department'') regulations on firearms with attached stabilizing braces. Courts have found that ATF's revisions in the 2023 final rule (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1739/Add.1) on the same topic violated the Administrative Procedure Act. Several courts have enjoined, stayed, or vacated the final rule, which has rarely been in effect. ATF is therefore proposing to remove from the regulatory definitions of ''rifle'' the two paragraphs added by the 2023 final rule that defined the term ''designed or redesigned, made orremade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder.''