Can Congress Use Reconciliation to Finish Off the NFA?
(I’m looking forward to legally owning one of those short barrelled shotguns that Canadians can own but we can’t. - DD)
(John Crump, AmmoLand) - Could reconciliation be used to dismantle the rest of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) after the ruling in Silencer Shop Foundation v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)? That is the question many in the gun community are asking following a significant legal victory that has already hollowed out large portions of the nearly century-old law.
Last summer, Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) that lowered the tax stamp fees for short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs), suppressors, and any other weapons (AOWs) from $200 to $0. The fee reduction called into question the constitutionality of the NFA’s regulation of these items. Under the United States Constitution, a tax must have a genuine revenue-generating purpose. With the Supreme Court already having ruled that the NFA is a tax law, the OBBB spurred numerous lawsuits, including one led by Gun Owners of America (GOA) known as the “One Big Beautiful Lawsuit.”
By eliminating the revenue stream for these categories, Congress effectively removed the constitutional foundation that has long justified the NFA’s registration and…
If only Trump could spare a few minutes to pay attention to America instead of fighting a war for Israel.