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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ATF Gives Go Ahead for Unregistered Silencer, Short-Barrel Shotgun Purchases
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has issued new guidance on buying silencers, short-barrel shotguns, and other National Firearms Act (NFA) regulated items following a federal court ruling.
Trump Administration Delivers Sweeping 2A Win as ATF Drops Approval, Registration Enforcement Nationwide – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Jack
ATF says it will stop enforcing federal approval and registration requirements nationwide for suppressors and short-barreled firearms, while key state and federal limits remain.
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Justice Department won't enforce registration rules on silencers and certain guns after court ruling
The Justice Department has moved to allow more people to purchase firearm suppressors — known as silencers — short-barreled rifles and other certain guns without registering them with the federal government following a court ruling that struck down provisions of a key law.
ATF reveals how suppressors will be handled after major court ruling - The Daily Bo Snerdley
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) released new guidelines Friday on items no longer covered under the National Firearms Act (NFA), noting that state and local rules remained unchanged. United States District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, handed down his ruling striking down the NFA requirements on Aug. 5 on the grounds that the reduction of the transfer tax to $0 in 2…
DOJ says it won't enforce provisions of 1934 firearms law that were gutted by court ruling
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