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Before you get TOO excited, this does NOT mean you can go grab three suppressors during your lunch break today.
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This is a ruling that only applies to the plaintiffs in a case that Silencer Shop Foundation and Gun Owners of America brought against the ATF (which remains INSANELY gay).
On August 5, Judge James Wesley Hendrix in the Northern District of Texas ruled that Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill last year made major regulatory portions of the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA) unconstitutional.
In essence, the NFA creates tax stamps on many different types of weapons and weapon accessories. The goal was to generate revenue while restricting Americans' right to own the same weapons the government has.
A $200 tax applies to items on the list, along with major waiting periods in some cases. The ATF (again, super gay) has spent decades trying to widen the definition of what falls under the NFA by purposely making everything complicated. π
The complexity and complication are intended to make it harder and harder for Americans to own weapons. It is gun control through bureaucratic red tape, allowing the commies to slowly squeeze patriots dry without having to repeal the Second Amendment.
Because Trump and Congress eliminated the $200 tax entirely, this federal judge says it no longer qualifies as a tax without revenue production.
The problem is that in 1934, the NFA was passed under Congress's taxing power, not under the Commerce Clause.
It was specifically a tax bill, so if there is no longer a tax, then it should be null and void.
If the government does not appeal within the next week or two, Silencer Shop Foundation customers (along with Gun Owners of America members, Palmetto State Armory customers, etc.) will be able to buy suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and other goodies like any other firearm.
HOWEVER, the case is likely to be tangled up in the courts for the next year or two, and may even require a final SCOTUS ruling before the wider American public can easily purchase these items without fingerprinting and special forms.
Can't wait for those cheap cans to hit the market and grab one on my way home from work! π
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