Texas court order kicks in striking federal rules on silencers and certain guns
The ruling applies only to the parties in the Texas cases, and the Justice Department says it is still assessing the decision.
- On Thursday, a federal court order took effect allowing some Americans to purchase silencers and short-barreled firearms without registration after the Justice Department declined to file an appeal before the seven-day deadline.
- U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas ruled August 5 that the regulatory scheme was unconstitutional after last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated the $200 permit tax, removing the constitutional basis for registration requirements.
- Gun Owners of America and Silencer Shop announced two members lawfully acquired suppressors without registration, marking the first unregistered suppressor transfer in 92 years; the injunction applies only to parties in the lawsuit across 15 Republican-controlled states.
- Giffords executive director Emma Brown said the Justice Department's decision "is a failure to defend public safety," while Brady President Kris Brown warned silencers and short-barreled weapons were deregulated for the first time in nearly a century.
- The Justice Department may still appeal the ruling in coming weeks, while similar constitutional challenges to the National Firearms Act continue in federal courts nationwide and some states maintain independent prohibitions on silencers.
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by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News August 14, 2026 A federal judge on Aug. 5 struck down major federal restrictions on the sale and transfer of silencers (suppressors). U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix in Lubbock, Texas, ruled that the federal registration and approval requirements under the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 are […]
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