>>195919, >>195921, >>195922, >>195923, >>195924, >>195925, >>195926
Mike Lee @SenMikeLee - A great victory for the Second Amendment.
Congress should pass the SHUSH and SHORT Acts to permanently remove suppressors and short barreled rifles from excessive NFA regulation.
Quoted Post:
Gun Owners of America @GunOwners
🚨BREAKING🚨
ATF has finally issued guidance following GOA’s historic NFA victory.
The agency says it will no longer enforce federal registration and approval requirements for suppressors and short-barreled firearms for everyone, nationwide.
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U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives
Office of the Director
October 9, 2026
OPEN LETTER TO ALL FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEES AND THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT MAKING AND TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FIREARMS AND DEVICES
The purpose of this open letter is to notify all federal firearm licensees (FFLs) and the public of guidance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regarding the applicability of certain provisions of National Firearms Act (NFA) to firearms that are no longer taxed pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Pub. L. No. 119-21, 139 Stat. 72 (2025). Congress reduced the transfer and making taxes to $0 in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for certain weapons and devices. These include short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, silencers and "any other weapon[s]" as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(e).
On August 5, 2026, a U.S. district judge in the Northern District of Texas enjoined ATF from enforcing certain provisions of the National Firearms Act (NFA), 26 U.S.C. ch. 53, effective August 12, 2026. See generally Silencer Shop Found. v. ATF, No. 6:25-CV-056-H, 2026 WL 2255460 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 5, 2026). Based on the reduction of the tax, the district court held that the NFA's registration and transfer provisions were no longer an exercise of Congress's taxing power with respect to those firearms. Id. at *1, 13-14. The district court also held that the challenged NFA provisions could not be upheld as an exercise of Congress's power over interstate commerce because Congress did not rely on its power over interstate commerce when it first passed the NFA in 1934. Id. at 18-19.