Edited to add:I am no lawyer and perhaps the rules have evolved. Certainly the situation has changed (at least twice) since this thread was started.
Why would he need a pistol brace lying around? My stripped lower is a pistol until I attach a buttstock to it and the ATF pistol brace/SBR ruling only applies to a pistol with a brace. An AR pistol with a buffer tube is outside their criteria.
Andy
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