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As the BBB passed, the $200 suppressor tax will expire. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us...moval-gun-silencer-tax-its-sights-2025-05-14/
Silencer tax is history
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I have not seen the text of the change in the BBB. Nor what the BATFE will require, if anything. They will probably reconfigure the existing requirements, maintaining some form of registration. My guess is that they will just drop the tax stamp requirement and retain everything else.
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The text says it goes into effect:
"(b) Effective date.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act."
Based on my "math" that's January 1, 2026.
"(b) Effective date.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act."
Based on my "math" that's January 1, 2026.
I hope so. In my state, the AG's letter legalizing suppressors is based on them being regulated by the Federal Government.
Still have to jump through NFA hoops
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$200 in 1934 was some money, today not much more than a decent dinner for two. Regulation is still there. What a big nothing burger.
0 tax but registration still intact, lawsuits to follow.
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Second Amendment Groups Announce Intent to Sue Over NFA After OBBB Signing
Second Amendment groups plan to challenge the NFA's constitutionality after tax changes.
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It won't matter in Illinois. In the last go-around, "silencers" were banned as well as threaded barrels. I'm mildly surprised that violin cases are still legal (I'm horrified at the thought of seeing naked violins downtown). Our legislators have learned all they need to know about "silencers" from Hollywood.
In a conversation today…..if they removed the tax why cant an anti gun admin bring it back someday in another Bill….say $5,000
Since the NFA is strictly a tax scheme and the registration is for keeping track of the $200 tax, I am confident that removal of the registration process will be immediately sought in court. Without the tax the NFA is dead, at least as it pertains to silencers and short barreled rifles and shotguns.
Puller
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I've read a few pundits that say this could be a double edged sword. If suppressors are taken off the NFA list then they are no longer considered firearms and therefore not protected by the 2nd Amendment. Potentially, states could ban them.
Too bad they don't have to refund those who paid!
Were short barrel rifles included?
In a real, normal court that would be overruled & thrown out. It does nothing to alter the one-pull-one-shot process for us heathens. A decent lawyer would win that, as long as the judge was impartial.
LVSteve
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Have you seen anybody successfully challenge California's ban on rifles with pistol grips, flash hiders, and/or bayonet mounts?
I don't have the details in front of me but my understanding is that when the NFA was enacted it was challenged in court and was only allowed to stand because it was a tax act. With the tax no longer applicable it may open the door for the Supremes to toss the act. Time will tell.
They could do that...Just like they could have done it last year or next year...That option has never changed.
The key to this is not the $200, it is the fact that it has now become a tax/revenue law, now with NO corresponding tax.... This will be immediately challenged in court as a void statute.
My guess is that suppressors will eventually be purchasable with a 4473 and NICS.
I sure hope your guess is right.
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