ATF Director Says NFA Guidance Is Coming Within Weeks
ATF officials say new guidance will address Form 4473 suppressor transfers, short-barreled firearms, interstate travel, and other questions left by the Texas NFA injunction. The ATF may finally be preparing to answer some of the biggest questions left hanging by the federal court injunction that upended enforcement of key National Firearms Act restrictions. ATF Director […]
GIFFORDS Melts Down as Texas NFA Injunction Takes Effect
The gun-confiscation lobby is furious that the Department of Justice did not obtain another stay before a major federal court injunction involving the National Firearms Act took effect in Texas. On Thursday, GIFFORDS joined Everytown for Gun Safety and Brady in attacking DOJ over the ruling involving suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and other NFA-regulated firearms. GIFFORDS […]
What the NFA Injunction Really Means for Suppressor Buyers — and What It Doesn’t
Brandon Herrera and Texas State Rep. Wes Virdell walked out of Silencer Shop with suppressors without filing a Form 4 or registering them under the National Firearms Act. It was a historic moment—but it did not repeal the NFA for everyone. Here is what happened, who is actually protected, what gun owners and FFLs need […]
Federal Court Strikes Down Key NFA Restrictions on Untaxed Firearms
A Texas federal judge ruled that Congress destroyed the constitutional foundation for major National Firearms Act restrictions when it reduced the underlying taxes to zero. A federal court in Texas dealt a major blow to the National Firearms Act on August 5, ruling that several NFA registration, application, approval, and enforcement provisions are unconstitutional as […]
Texas Leads the Nation as Suppressor Sales Explode
Texas gun owners are leading the nation as Americans purchase suppressors in record numbers following the elimination of the federal government’s $200 National Firearms Act tax. According to data provided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Texas recorded 23,133 NFA background checks in June –– more than any other state in the country and well ahead […]
TJ Roberts Lawsuit Could Strike at the Heart of the NFA
A growing legal challenge to the National Firearms Act (NFA) is gaining attention across the country, and at the center of it is someone Texas Gun Rights knows well. Kentucky State Representative TJ Roberts is now part of a broader legal effort challenging the federal government’s authority to regulate and criminalize certain firearms under the […]
Nearly 6 Million Suppressors Are In Civilian Hands & What That Means for the Future of the NFA
The number of legally registered firearm suppressors in the United States is now approaching 5.7 million, according to the latest federal data obtained by the American Suppressor Association. That figure represents a dramatic increase over the past decade, and it raises a fundamental legal question: At what point does a heavily regulated item become so widely […]
Pam Bondi’s DOJ Defends NFA in Continued War On Gun Owners
Pam Bondi’s Department of Injustice (DOJ) just detonated a political and constitutional bombshell. In a stunning 48-page summary-judgment brief filed in SilencerShop Foundation v. ATF, DOJ is openly asking a federal judge to resurrect the National Firearms Act, preserve the federal gun registry, and declare that suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs are not protected by the Second Amendment. […]