The Suppressor Boom: How the "NFA Tax Repeal" Sparked a Nationwide Buying Surge
Jul 17th 2026
For nearly a century, anyone who wanted to legally own a suppressor faced the same obstacle: a $200 federal tax stamp, a holdover from Prohibition-era gun control that hadn't budged a dollar since 1934. That changed on July 4, 2025, when the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law, reducing the National Firearms Act (NFA) transfer tax on suppressors — along with short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs), and "Any Other Weapons" (AOWs) — from $200 to
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