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Second Amendment Roundup: $0 Tax Left NFA with No Constitutional Basis

Northern District of Texas decides that registration requirements for non-taxed NFA firearms are no longer grounded in Congress’ power to lay and collect taxes.

Federal Judge Blocks ATF Enforcement of NFA Registry After Tax Drops to $0

A federal judge has entered a permanent injunction barring ATF from enforcing major National Firearms Act registration and approval requirements against a broad coalition of plaint...

Judge Takes Sledgehammer To National Firearms Act

by Harold Hutchison at CDN - 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 i...

Gun-Rights Groups Tell Sixth Circuit the NFA’s SBR Registry Is Unconstitutional

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...

No Appeal in NFA Lawsuit, Injunction Now in Effect

The NFA ruling just took effect. A federal court found the remaining registration scheme for SBRs, SBSs, AOWs and suppressors unconstitutional. The government missed its deadline t...

Judge: Short-Barreled Rifle, Suppressor NFA Registration Scheme Unconstitutional

A federal judge in Texas ruled the NFA's remaining registration requirement for short-barreled rifles and suppressors is unconstitutional in Jensen v. ATF. The ruling follows the r...

National Firearms Act no longer applies to silencers, judge rules

A large part of the National Firearms Act is now unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, in a decision that could erase registration requirements for sales or transfer o...

The Hughes Amendment Explained: How a 1986 Voice Vote Banned New Machine Guns for Americans

The Hughes Amendment, added to the 1986 Firearms Owners’ Protection Act, banned new civilian machine guns after a controversial House voice vote. Here’s how it happened.

Landmark Suppressor Ruling Leaves Gun World With More Questions Than Answers

Legal experts caution the NFA is not completely dead. And not just anyone is can purchase suppressors sans paperwork.

Trump Administration Lets Parts of the National Firearms Act Lapse

The retreat by the Justice Department effectively allowed a pillar of the Prohibition-era National Firearms Act to lapse.

Ruby Ridge at 34: The NFA Was Weaponized Against Randy Weaver—Now Its Registration Scheme Is Falling

Ruby Ridge began with an alleged National Firearms Act violation involving two shotguns. Thirty-four years later, the NFA registration scheme behind that prosecution is finally beg...

Plaintiffs Secure Ruling that NFA Registration Is Unconstitutional

Plaintiffs in Jensen v. ATF secured a ruling freeing them the NFA's registration requirements for suppressors and short-barrel rifles.  The post Plaintiffs Secure Ruling that NFA R...

FAST Matches Debuts Auto-Rifle Division for FRT and NFA Full-Autos

If you’re lucky enough to own a belt-fed that’s a full-auto, or even an FRT, you can finally take it to a match. Firearms Action Shooting Trials (FAST) is adding an Auto-Rifle divi...

FFLs Pass ATF Inspections After Transferring Suppressors on Form 4473

AmmoLand News has learned that four FFLs in four regions passed ATF inspections after conducting Form 4473-only suppressor transfers for parties covered by the federal NFA injuncti...

NFA Injunction Takes Effect, Now ATF Owes Gun Owners Answers

The seven-day stay of a federal injunction against major NFA registration provisions has expired. Plaintiffs are demanding that ATF explain who is protected, how dealers should pro...

A Federal Judge Rejects National Firearms Act Regulations, Saying Their Tax Rationale No Longer Applies

When Congress eliminated taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns, it also eliminated the constitutional justification for regulating them.

Part of a key firearms law lapsed following a federal court decision. What happens now?

A federal judge's decision in Texas has major implications for the National Firearms Act. What does this mean for certain guns and other weapons?

New: Federal Judge Deals Crushing Blow to NFA Rules on Short-Barreled Shotguns and Suppressors

The Sound Of Silencers

It might seem counterintuitive, but when Congress eliminated the $200 registration fee under the 1934 National Firearms Act for the registration of suppressors and short-barreled r...

Congress Presses ATF to Broaden NFA Relief While DOJ Debates Appeal

With a seven-day stay about to expire, 47 Republican lawmakers are urging DOJ to stop defending the NFA’s zero-tax registration scheme and direct ATF to apply Judge Hendrix’s rulin...

Silencer Shop Puts ATF on Notice: No-Form-4 Suppressor Transfers Set for Midnight

Silencer Shop has notified DOJ and ATF that it plans to transfer suppressors to Brandon Herrera and Wes Virdell without Form 4s, advance ATF approval, or NFA registration when a fe...

Transfer of Suppressors, Short Barrel Rifles More than Triples

Data from the NSSF shows the transfer of suppressors and short barrel rifles jumped more than 200 percent in August 2026 compared to August 2025. The post Transfer of Suppressors,...

Plaintiffs Submit Letter to DOJ/ATF Seeking Clarity in NFA Injunction Ruling

NFA Challenge: A Texas judge ruled the remaining NFA registration scheme for short-barreled rifles, shotguns, AOWs and suppressors unconstitutional. The government missed the stay...

Zero Tax, Zero Justification: Can Congress Finish the Job on the NFA?

A federal judge gutted the NFA’s zero-tax registration scheme. Now Boebert’s Freedom From Taxes Act could put machine guns and destructive devices on the same path.