Via email from the Second Amendment Foundation:
Dear Friend of Freedom,
Let me be blunt: The National Firearms Act’s restrictions on short-barreled rifles and shotguns, as well as suppressors, are now laws without a legal leg to stand on.
For 91 years, the government defended the NFA as an exercise of Congress’s “taxing authority.” That was always a flimsy excuse – but it was their excuse. Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, that tax – and the government’s justification – have now evaporated.
Now the government is trying to enforce registration requirements for a “tax law” that has no tax.
Even with the tax burden reduced to $0 for short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and suppressors, the NFA still requires the submission of your fingerprints, and still requires you put your name on the government’s list of firearm owners. That is unacceptable, pure and simple.
That’s why we filed our second federal NFA lawsuit THIS WEEK – Jensen v. ATF in the Northern District of Texas – and we’re not stopping there.
WHY WE’RE FILING MULTIPLE LAWSUITS IN DIFFERENT COURTS
We just opened a second front in Texas. Here’s the strategy:
- More judges, more perspectives – We increase our odds of finding constitutionally honest judges who understand Bruen and Heller.
- Circuit splits force Supreme Court review – If different circuits rule differently, SCOTUS is more likely to step in. We’re creating the conditions for a landmark victory.
- The government can’t defend the indefensible everywhere – Every new case spreads ATF resources thinner and exposes how weak their legal position really is.
- Momentum compounds – Each favorable ruling sets precedent and influences other courts and puts more pressure on the government.
We’re not gambling on one judge. We’re surrounding the NFA from every angle.
The Supreme Court has already given us the Second Amendment roadmap: Firearms “in common use” for lawful purposes cannot be banned. There are over 4 million suppressors and hundreds of thousands of short-barreled rifles legally owned in America. These are common arms used for hearing protection, home defense, and hunting – not “dangerous and unusual weapons.”
The anti-gun lobby is terrified. Their entire argument boils down to: “We want it to be as difficult and expensive as possible for Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights.”
That’s not a legal argument: That’s elitism, that’s corruption, and that’s tyranny.
HERE’S THE ASK:
Every lawsuit costs real money – and we’re funding a coordinated legal offensive across multiple federal districts.
WANT TO KEEP YOUR NAME OFF OF THE GOVERNMENT FIREARM REGISTRATION?
For 90 years the government charged you $200 for the pleasure of putting your name on their gun registry. Instead, with that $200 you can make sure that registry is shattered into a thousand pieces and scattered to the wind.. The best part is your $200 donation to SAF is tax-deductible. Think the ATF would give you a $200 tax write-off? Think again.
I donate to SAF via a paycheck deduction which my employer matches. This amounts to $2,400/year.
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It sounds like a very solid strategy. Buy does it actually attack that weak point the communists have used for 80+ years?
If congress can tax a right that the constitution protects. Then all they have to do is use 51% votes in the senate and house puts the tax back on.
And were back to square one.
“Common use” is flawed logic to begin with. As is “historical laws” written before the 2A was ratified to the constitution.
Especially in light of such commanding language as “Shall not be infringe” is on your side. But we are where we find ourselves.
If congress truly ever figures out they can get away with taxing a right.
We’re all going to be light in our wallet and short of breath.