Texas Judge Rules that Law Regulating Firearm Suppressors and some Guns Can’t Be Enforced
The ruling is the first in three related lawsuits challenging post-tax registration requirements, plaintiffs said.
- On Wednesday, a judge for the District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that National Firearms Act registration requirements for short-barreled rifles and suppressors are unconstitutional in the case Jensen v. ATF.
- Congress recently eliminated the $200 tax on these firearms through the One Big Beautiful Bill, though the mandate to register them with the ATF remained in place.
- The Second Amendment Foundation, alongside co-plaintiffs including the Citizens Committee and the Texas Rifle Association, supported the legal challenge, arguing the government lacks constitutional authority to maintain registration without an underlying tax.
- This ruling is the first decision rendered among three related lawsuits challenging registration requirements. The Second Amendment Foundation is a named plaintiff in Brown v. ATF and supports Roberts v. ATF.
- SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut stated this decision sets a precedent allowing Americans to exercise Second Amendment rights without fear of being placed on a government registry.
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Judge Says Updated National Firearms Act Violates Constitution
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the registration and approval requirements for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns in the National Firearms Act (NFA) are unconstitutional. In the case of Silencer Shop Foundation v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), U.S. District Court Judge James Wesley Hendrix found that the requirements exceeded Congress’s constitutional authority once the NFA’s tax…
Federal judge takes sledgehammer to National Firearms Act * WorldNetDaily * by Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation
Source link 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. United States District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, granted a motion for summary judgment from attorneys representing
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 of silencers and short-barreled long guns.
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 Registration Is Unconstitutional appeared first on Breitbart.
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