A federal judge in Texas ruled the NFA registration scheme for suppressors and short-barreled rifles unconstitutional. Here is what it means. Read the original story: Congress Zeroed the $200 Tax and Kept the Registry. A Federal Judge in Texas Just Ruled It Cannot Have Both
A federal judge just dealt the NFA a serious blow, ruling its registration requirements unconstitutional for firearms Congress no longer taxes. The post Federal Judge Strikes Down the NFA’s Registration Scheme for Suppressors and SBRs appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Palmetto State Armory’s GOA-15 stripped lower is $79.99 shipped, with $25 from every sale supporting GOA’s continuing lawsuit to dismantle the National Firearms Act.
The Trump Justice Department says the Supreme Court’s Wolford decision does not meaningfully affect a constitutional challenge to the National Firearms Act. Mark Smith argues DOJ is stretching Miller, shifting the burden onto gun owners and disguising a federal firearm registry as a licensing s...
CINCINNATI, OH — Four of the biggest names in Second Amendment advocacy just asked a federal appeals court to do something no circuit has done: hold that the National Firearms Act’s registration scheme for short-barreled rifles violates the Constitution. The National Rifle Association, Fi...
Three federal lawsuits argue that Congress’s zeroed-out suppressor and SBR tax leaves ATF’s registration system without a leg to stand on.
Four major gun-rights groups say 1.17 million registered SBRs are protected arms. Their Sixth Circuit brief argues the NFA registry rests on a 1934 drafting accident, not American history.
COVINGTON, KY — Firearms Policy Coalition is pushing a federal judge to gut the heart of the National Firearms Act, and on June 24 the group filed the brief that could decide the case. The filing is a reply brief in Roberts v. ATF, an FPC-backed lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Easter...
NEW ORLEANS, LA — Two federal appeals courts just looked at the same question weeks apart and gave opposite answers. The question was simple. Is a silencer an “arm” the Second Amendment protects? On June 18, the Fifth Circuit said yes. On June 3, the Ninth Circuit said no. That disa...
The Fifth Circuit ruled that suppressors are protected “Arms” under the Second Amendment, creating a direct split with the Ninth Circuit while leaving the NFA registration fight for another day.