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[Lawdog Dago Dom]

Congress Eliminates Taxes on Silencers, Sawed-Off Shotguns | The Reload

[Blackwater 53393]

By re-instituting the repeal of the tax on suppressors and short barreled rifles and shotguns etc… the Senate has managed to begin pulling the teeth of the NFA!  By doing it in this manner, they might avoid any attempt by future legislative action to reverse this policy.  
 

Had they removed the parliamentarian or overruled her, it would’ve given the opposition ammunition to use in the future to try to rescind the decision! By doing it this way, they take that arrow out of the quiver of the anti gun group!

 

This opens the door for the lawsuits initiated by the various 2A organizations to be brought before the judiciary, challenging NFA on points that weren’t previously available, such as the laws against registration of firearms!!  The excuse for registering these items has been that it was a way to verify that the taxes have been paid!    NO TAX?? NO NEED TO REGISTER!!

 

For decades now, we’ve suffered from the “death from a thousand cuts” tactics of those who seek to destroy the Constitution and deny us our natural rights!  It is disingenuous to expect that, without a preemptive ruling from SCOTUS that outlaws all attempts at infringement, we can get the whole of our rights back in one fell swoop!!  
 

Think of this as a few more nails in the coffin of the anti-gun movement!!  If we keep driving in new nails, they will have a harder time getting the lid off of the box!!

 

KEEP THE PRESSURE ON ‘EM!!

 

 

Edited July 4 by Blackwater 53393

[John Kloehr]

The various ACA rulings will be a part of any arguments, as somewhere in the rulings is a statement that a zero tax is still a tax. Still, key parts of the final ACA cases were that plaintiffs had no injury therefore no standing to sue. For the NFA, being on a government registry might constitute the constitutional injury which is not present with the ACA.

 

I expect this to take a decade or more to resolve, considering how fast (slow) so many other cases proceed.

[John Kloehr]

GOA led suit Silencer Shop Foundation v BATFE (until it gets an official name) filed:

 

https://www.gunowners.org/wp-content/uploads/GOA-One-Big-Beautiful-Lawsuit.pdf

 

Calls for the court to rule the registration and other requirements are unconstitutional since the tax is now $0.

[Blackwater 53393]

SAF, NRA, FPC are also filing a lawsuit to challenge the NFA registration requirement.

[John Kloehr]

31 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

SAF, NRA, FPC are also filing a lawsuit to challenge the NFA registration requirement.

A promise:

 

FPC:

https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-coalition-of-pro-2a-orgs-to-file-nfa-lawsuit

 

SAF:

https://saf.org/saf-issues-joint-statement-on-nfa-registration-challenge/

 

NRA:

No separate published statement found.

 

On edit: This appears to be the actual joint statement:

 

https://saf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Joint-NFA-Letter.pdf

 

Edited July 6 by John Kloehr

[John Kloehr]

Just thinking on the questions, I note the 1986 FOPA prohibits a registry. Without a tax on the designated items, Article 1 justification for tracking the tax stamps goes away. This makes the remaining requirements a registry. Separate from 2A considerations, it is now a prohibited act in law.

[Blackwater 53393]

1 hour ago, John Kloehr said:

Just thinking on the questions, I note the 1986 FOPA prohibits a registry. Without a tax on the designated items, Article 1 justification for tracking the tax stamps goes away. This makes the remaining requirements a registry. Separate from 2A considerations, it is now a prohibited act in law.

 

This is exactly what the two new lawsuits are claiming!!  It should give both of the plaintiff parties standing and meet the requirements for cert!

 

 

Edited July 7 by Blackwater 53393