The senior vice president of Gun Owners of America is accusing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) of attempting an end-run around court orders blocking enforcement of its own 2023 rule regulating pistol stabilizing braces. The ATF denies violating any court orders, saying it is enforcing the existing prohibition on short-barreled rifles (SBRs). The brace is a device invented in 2012 to assist disabled shooters with aiming large-format pistols based on rifle frames, such as the AR-15. It connects the rear of the pistol and the shooter’s forearm to steady their aim. In April 2020, the ATF introduced a regulation of the devices. The rule was adopted on Jan. 31, 2023, because braces were being used to convert legal pistols into illegal SBRs, according to the ATF….