NFA NEWS

A coalition of gun-rights organizations has taken another step in the effort to dismantle the National Firearms Act (NFA).

On October 9, the National Rifle Association (NRA), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and American Suppressor Association (ASA) filed another lawsuit challenging the 1934 law.

At issue is whether the law is even applicable now that the $200 tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs) and any other weapons (AOWs), as defined by the law, was removed in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

In the latest lawsuit, Jensen v. ATF, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, plaintiffs argue that since the tax has been eliminated, the NFA’s registration regime can no longer be justified under Congress’s taxing power—nor any other authority granted under Article I of the Constitution.

“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“BBB”), signed into law by the President on July 4, 2025, eliminated the making and transfer taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and NFA-defined “any other weapons,” while leaving the registration requirements intact,” the complaint states. “In other words, individuals no longer have to pay taxes for making and transferring most firearms under the NFA, but the firearms are still required to be registered and are subject to the ‘web of regulation’ that was designed to ‘aid enforcement’ of the NFA’s (now-extinct) tax. This regulatory regime no longer comports with Congress’s constitutionally enumerated powers.”