Justice Department won’t enforce registration rules on silencers and certain guns after court ruling
The ATF said it will stop requiring federal approval for short-barreled rifles, shotguns and suppressors after a judge voided most of the law.
- On Friday, the Justice Department announced it will no longer enforce registration requirements for short-barreled rifles, silencers, and other specialized firearms under the 1934 National Firearms Act following a federal court ruling.
- U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix ruled in August that most NFA restrictions are unconstitutional after Congress eliminated the $200 tax, stripping the legal basis for the registration system.
- Registration remains mandatory for machine guns and 'destructive devices,' and all buyers must still pass standard background checks and fill out purchasing forms, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said.
- Groups supporting gun restrictions decried the decision as reckless, while Second Amendment Foundation Executive Director Adam Kraut called it a victory after 90 years of federal oversight.
- Related federal lawsuits including Brown v. ATF and Roberts v. ATF will proceed to challenge remaining registration requirements as the fight for permanent solutions continues.
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