Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is celebrating a recent legal win for Second Amendment advocates following a second successful defense of stabilizing braces, a firearm attachment designed to aid people with disabilities in exercising their constitutional rights. The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of protecting the use of these braces in response to 25 Republican Attorneys General, including Bird, and rejected federal attempts to regulate them more strictly. Bird says, “This victory upholds Americans’ constitutional rights and stops the Biden-Harris ATF’s illegal attempt to make millions of law-abiding citizens felons overnight. As Attorney General, I will continue fighting back against the Biden-Harris administration’s aggressive power grabs and to defend Iowans’ constitutional rights.” The ATF rule would have classified many weapons equipped with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles (SBR). Illegal possession of unregistered SBRs is a federal felony punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and substantial fines. Bird’s office has been actively involved in the legal battle against the federal regulation of these devices.
