Pistol pivoting brace assembly

A brace assembly comprising:

• a firearm attachment member to which a pivot arm is pivotally attached at a pivot, said pivot arm comprising a brace member at an end opposite to said pivot and a manipulation member that extends from a main body of said pivot arm in a direction opposite to said brace member, wherein said firearm attachment member has a length along its longest dimension corresponding to a longitudinal firing axis of a firearm, said length extending from a forward flange, which points to a firing direction, rearwards to a rear pivot member of said pivot, and said pivot arm being pivotable in azimuth about said pivot to be adjacent said forward flange or pivoted in azimuth to be rearward of said rear pivot member;
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• wherein said pivot arm comprises a gun sight that extends generally perpendicular from the main body of said pivot arm near said pivot.