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Several Second Amendment rights groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging recent changes to weapons taxes and the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act of 1934
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The groups include the Second Amendment Foundation, American Suppressor Association, the National Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, Prime Protection STL Tactical Boutique, and two members of the organizations
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They're suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Justice Department in federal court
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asking the court to strike down the registration rules in the National Firearms Act so people will no longer have to register certain firearms
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According to the lawsuit, President Trump's one big, beautiful bill act signed into law on July 4th eliminated the $200 excise tax on certain regulated firearms under the NFA
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These firearms include things like suppressors short rifles short shotguns and any other weapons The groups argue the NFA system of regulating and registering certain firearms is no longer legally valid without the tax saying the NFA was originally
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justified as a tax enforcement measure, and that justification is now gone, quote
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thus making the NFA's restrictions on those items unconstitutional as applied to those arms
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The lawsuit also claims that requiring people to register suppressors and short-barreled rifles
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under the NFA violates their Second Amendment constitutional right to keep and bear arms
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Because suppressors and short-barreled rifles are neither dangerous nor unusual, and because there is no tradition of requiring the registration and attendant regulation of
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protected arms, the NFA's regulatory scheme is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
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with respect to suppressors and short-barreled rifles, the lawsuit says. Neither the Department of Justice nor the ATF have responded to the lawsuit
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For Straight Arrow News, I'm Lauren Keenan. If you want more on this story, download the Straight Arrow News app or visit san.com
