A federal court just handed gun-rights advocates one of their biggest wins in decades. On August 5, 2026, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the remaining registration requirements for suppressors and short-barreled rifles under the National Firearms Act (NFA) are unconstitutional. The decision in Jensen v. ATF is the first ruling of its kind on this issue, and it could reshape how these firearms are regulated nationwide. What Just Happened The rulin …

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 …