Piece Of Red Tape That’s Tied Up Gun Owners For Decades Finally Gets Cut In Court

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the National Firearms Act (NFA) no longer applies to suppressors and other items whose taxes were reduced to $0 in July 2025.

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BREAKING:

A district court in Texas just granted our summary judgment motion finding that the NFA exceeds congressional authority for the untaxed items, without reaching the Second Amendment question.

More to follow soon as we read the ruling. pic.twitter.com/IyNbRWBc9x— SAF (@2AFDN) August 5, 2026

“In 2025, Congress eliminated the NFA’s transfer and making taxes for four categories of firearms: short-barreled shotguns, short-barreled rifles, silencers, and a final, defined group of miscellaneous firearms,” Hendrix wrote. “Because today’s NFA does not generate any revenue from untaxed firearms, its regulatory provisions cannot be upheld under the taxing power. And there is no sign in the NFA’s text, structure, or statutory history that Congress invoked any other power in crafting the NFA provisions at issue. Thus, the regulatory provisions must be enjoined as unconstitutional because they exceed Congress’s enumerated powers.”

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🚨 BREAKING: Federal Court finds NFA UNCONSTITUTIONAL in NRA case!

A federal court has struck down the NFA’s registration requirements for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns in our Jensen v. ATF lawsuit.

“The fight to fully repeal this archaic… pic.twitter.com/Fq1GKBg2fh— NRA (@NRA) August 5, 2026

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The DOJ’s supplemental brief in Peterson v. United States, another case involving charges of possessing an unregistered suppressor, admitted that suppressors and other firearms components and accessories were protected under the Second Amendment.

(*) Full article: https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/05/federal-court-guts-red-tape-requirements-for-silencers-in-major-win-for-gun-owners/