We Don’t Know About the Chinese Calendar, But 2026 is the Year of the Suppressor
On Friday, NSSF announced that it got word that ATF processed over 150,000 eForms on Jan. 1. The normal daily volume is closer to 2,500.
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Happy 2026: NFA $200 Tax Stamps On Most Popular NFA Items Relegated to the Ash Heap of History
Some on our side bitched that eliminating a 91-year excise tax on these items somehow isn’t really a win and that we should castigate our allies in Congress for failing to remove registration entirely.
ATF Will Shut Down eForms After Christmas to Retool for Zero Dollar Tax Stamps
To make the necessary upgrades to handle the law change, they’re going to shut the eForms system down for Form 1 and Form 4 submissions after Christmas to let their geeks get to work.
With the NFA’s Tax Gone, Registration of Silencers, SBRs and SBSs Should Be Gone, Too
That the NFA can no longer be justified as an exercise of Congress’s taxing power on suppressors, SBRs and SBSs and is thus unconstitutional should be the end of this matter.
Common Sense: Now That the Tax is History, the NFA is Plainly Unconstitutional
The law should be simple: if you can lawfully own a firearm, you should be able to own a suppressor, an SBR, or SBS without begging for government approval or paying for a permission slip that no longer even collects revenue.
Two Bills Introduced to Protect Gun Rights in Future Government Shutdowns
The Second Amendment doesn’t include an asterisk that reads, “Void during budget disagreements.” Yet that’s precisely the downstream effect government shutdowns have on the firearm industry.
Patrick Adamiak’s Attorney Punches Back at 3-Judge Panel’s Flawed Ruling
Adamiak’s case is the first time the ATF has ever charged anyone with violating the NFA for a bunch of legal gun parts. Unless action is taken quickly, based on ATF’s own sordid history, it won’t be the last.
This Is What We Voted For: ATF Removes CLEO Notification Requirement From NFA Forms
Yesterday ATF published a laundry list of proposed changes to NFA form in the Federal Register and among them is removal of the CLEO notification mandate.
Trump DOJ Argues NFA is a ‘Modest Restriction’ on Gun Owners, Silencers are ‘Nonessential Accessories’
If they can strip suppressors of constitutional protection, what’s to stop them from doing the same with magazines, triggers, or optics? Once they declare something “nonessential,” the floodgates open for regulation, registration, and confiscation.
ASA, NRA, SAF, FPC File Lawsuit Challenging the Constitutionality of the National Firearms Act
The complaint asserts that, with the removal of the excise tax on constitutionally protected arms like suppressors and SBRs, the NFA registration regime can no longer be upheld as a legal exercise of Congress’s taxing power.