ATF Ruling 2026-2 Removes Federal Procurement Barriers Across Corrections, Civilian Safety, International Deployment, and Autonomous Response Markets
MIAMI, July 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wrap Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WRAP) ("Wrap" or, the "Company"), a global public safety technology company, today announced that the ATF has issued Ruling 2026-2, formally determining that the BolaWrap® 150 is not a "firearm" under the Gun Control Act (18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3)) and not an "any other weapon" under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
The ruling, signed by ATF Director Robert Cekada and which was effective as of July 2, 2026, states that the BolaWrap 150 is not a "weapon" because it is not an instrument of offensive or defensive combat. The ATF affirmatively classifies the BolaWrap 150 as "merely an instrument of restraint." The ruling is grounded in the U.S. Supreme Court's 2025 decision in Bondi v. VanDerStok, 145 S. Ct. 857 (2025), and explicitly supersedes any prior ATF classification of the BolaWrap 150, removing the federal regulatory ambiguity that the Company believes has historically complicated BolaWrap procurement across multiple market segments.
"This ruling confirms at the federal level what our company has demonstrated in the field: BolaWrap 150 is not regulated as a firearm or an 'any other weapon' under the federal statutes addressed by the ruling. It is a restraint tool designed to give officers a moment of control before an encounter escalates to force. We believe Ruling 2026-2 removes a federal classification framework that complicated BolaWrap procurement across corrections, civilian, and international markets. We also believe it may improve our ability to compete in segments that were structurally inaccessible before this ruling was issued" said Scot Cohen, Founder & CEO
Four Procurement Categories Potentially Affected
Corrections and Detention: BolaWrap 150 can now move through standard non-lethal equipment channels, without weapons-compliance burdens, across more than 5,000 federal and state facilities.
Gun-Free and Civilian Safety Environments: Schools, universities, hospitals, federal buildings, courthouses, and stadiums may evaluate BolaWrap 150 under civilian safety procurement, a channel the Company believes was previously inaccessible under weapons classification.
International Deployment Simplification: Across Wrap's 60+ country distribution network, the ruling removes dual-layer compliance friction at both the U.S. export level and the importing nation's domestic law.
Autonomous Response Platforms: The DFR-X drone-based first responder system, which deploys BolaWrap 150 as its non-lethal payload, potentially may no longer have to navigate weapons-carriage regulatory complexity across FAA, state drone law, and international aviation frameworks.