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Where did you read of this "word from the inside"?
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From a friend, whom I met through a mutual friend in the FPC. One of the few people that joined the ATF because they *liked* guns.
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First, while a homemade "3D" arm brace is possible, if it wasn't submitted to ATF with a firearm then there's no previous ATF determination letter on whether it was an arm brace or a shoulder stock then the possessor is on thin ice on a hot day.....and that's what got some arm brace manufacturers in hot water.
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Yea. That's the point. 3D printed braces fall into the same grey area as half of the "real" braces on the market. It doesn't matter who made it. If the goal is to make "unauthorized" braces go away, then you have to include the homemade in any free amnesty.
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Second, the ability of current arm brace manufacturers to produce an injection molded brace is much faster, not to mention cheaper than doing the same thing via 3D printer.
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Obviously. But you're missing the point. It isn't about the manufacturers that can make a million braces. Those braces mean absolutely nothing unless they sell. The point of 3D printed braces is that they can come from anywhere, can be adapted to any firearm, and if the ATF offered a free amnesty, people would start printing 'free tax stamps' in the form of pistol braces, as fast as possible. Commercial manufacturers don't get 'free tax stamps', the end user does. And the end user is where these 3D printed braces get created.
Just because you cannot understand the 3D printed gun world and the impact that it is having does not mean that it does not exist. It is a good indicator, however, that you may have your head in the sand. "Doesn't interest me, so it doesn't matter."
You are not alone, though. The gun world, as a whole, does not understand the 3D printing world - especially the 3D printed guns. Ignorance is the majority attitude.
3D printed firearms and accessories are all over the ATF's radar. About 30% of the "Ghost Gun parts kit" crackdown is worded to directly impact companies selling parts kits for 3D printed guns. --Not "80%" ARs, "80%" 1911s, or "80%" Glocks; but 3D printed firearms - like the MacDaddy, FGC9, Big Point, and CZAR.
The end result, if implemented as the ATF desires, will impact the "80%" market as well. But the wording is meant to shut down or severely hinder the suppliers of kits and parts for 3D printed firearms, while simultaneously compromising some designs for the people that want to remain legal (by way of the visible serial number requirement).