Notes from the Resistance
On the very first day that suppressors and short-barreled shotguns became tax-free, the ATF’s eForms system crashed for hours under overwhelming demand. For the first time in nearly a century, Americans were able to exercise this right without paying a $200 federal tax—yet the system meant to process those applications couldn’t handle the volume. [More]
For some reason I’m recalling the old Panasonic slogan and imagining a modification:
[Via Jess]
An attorney representing a California man who is challenging the state’s ban on firearm silencers argued to a panel of judges in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the devices are protected under the Second Amendment. [More]
Shoot, anyone who’s not a moron or a monster knows that.
ATF Recalls NFA Examiners to Work During Shutdown in Response to Pressure from GOA [More]
Now you can register them in a timely manner just like the Founders intended.
AI Overview: Reports and analysis from legal observers and gun rights advocates indicate that the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 2025 shift on firearm suppressors was a strategic legal maneuver. By conceding that suppressors are a form of “arm” under the Second Amendment, the DOJ laid the groundwork to defend the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act (NFA) tax and registration scheme against legal challenges.
Guns and Gadgets elaborates. [Watch]
The “gun groups” obviously don’t care about this, so I don’t know why I should.
[Via Jess]
The NFA’s Regulation of Suppressors and Short-Barreled Rifles Violates the Second Amendment [More]
The sick joke is everybody knows that.
Once more I see arguments are long on “common use” and short on “militia,” but I guess we need a point of entry to get this into the interminable appeals cycle and hold it there long enough for Republicans to blow it and communist Democrats to regain power…
Perhaps the strategy is for B0ndi to take a dive…?
New Jersey laws banning gun silencers and short-barreled rifles are unconstitutional, according to two separate federal lawsuits brought against the state by New Jersey residents, the National Rifle Association, and the Firearms Policy Coalition. [More]
So, what judicial contortions will the Democrat judges have to go through to pretend that they’re not? Then appeal, then go to SCOTUS, then have them either not hear it or have whatever they say ignored by the lower courts, and years and dollars later we’re still being solicited to fund more complaints…
And then see whether or not Republicans manage to blow the midterms…
I’d say “Sorry I sound so negative,” but I’m not– I’m merely observing how things have worked so far.
[Via Jess]
Rep. Andrew Clyde just introduced an amendment to the Senate-passed budget reconciliation bill to remove the NFA registration requirement for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs. Call your Rep and DEMAND they support the Clyde Amendment! No half measures! Gut the NFA! [More]
I generally don’t appreciate naysayers, but who believes the momentum hasn’t been dissipated?
[Via Michael G]
Picture I took in Ukraine a few months ago. 50 dollar over the counter Suppressors. The upper end ones were about $425 at the time. [More]
Now note how many gun-grabbers here in the land of the Second Amendment who make up all kinds of lies to deny this to you have a “#Slava Ukraini” hashtag in their social media profiles.
They were all silent when the biggest case for an armed populace opened up before their eyes, too.
But we’re not across the finish line just yet. Parts of the bill still need to be cleaned up, and there’s still a chance we get stabbed in the back right before the goal. It’s time to mobilize—one final push. This is our chance, and we can’t afford to waste it. [More]
I need to hear the fat lady sing.
[Via Jess]
In a major development for gun owners and constitutionalists, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit just withdrew a deeply flawed ruling that claimed suppressors aren’t “arms” protected by the Second Amendment. [More]
The bigger flaw is that government employees think that’s their call to make.
NOTE: While this text does remove suppressors from the NFA, a drafting error left suppressors out of the provision referencing state statutes. We are working with lawmakers to address this issue and are confident that it will be corrected through a manager’s amendment. [More]
I like to think of such things as a tribute to Allah.
[Via Jess]
…Republicans are looking to Parliamentarian of the Senate Elizabeth MacDonough to make her determination on if such measures will survive the “Byrd bath” or become “Byrd droppings.” [More]
Politicians sure do come up with all kinds of convoluted complications over something as simple as “shall not be infringed.”
RELATED UPDATE
I ended the piece with GOA’s latest announcement that “the Senate’s version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” now includes full repeal of the $200 NFA tax on: Suppressors Short-barreled rifles (SBRs) Short-barreled shotguns (SBSs) “Any Other Weapons” (AOWs).”
Here’s the rev. of the bill. Start on pg. 261.
Scoop: Schumer targets Trump budget bill on gun silencers deregulation [More]
So what will all the cheering gun owners willing to ignore the crippling debt defects in the “Big Beautiful Bill” have to say about it if they don’t get this crumb thrown at them?
Some 60 members of the Democratic Caucus this week called on Senate committees to remove the suppressor reform language from the pending reconciliation package. [More]
Mark W. Smith “break[s] down why this argument by the Democrats fails.
Will it, if they go judge shopping and get a robed apparatchik to exceed his authority and side with them?
[Via Jess]
GOA Rallies Media Allies and Influencers to Demand Senate Action on Suppressor and SBR Reform [More]
With the focus by so many on suppressors, I’m glad to see a group getting vocal to rally the troops about not letting short barrel firearms go gentle into that good night.
Ohio House Bill 331 and Ohio Senate Bill 214 propose revisions to the Ohio Revised Code, eliminating suppressors and mufflers from the definition of dangerous ordnance and removing language that mandates suppressor registration under the NFA. [More]
I guess it doesn’t hurt to build redundancy into a system.
I’m just the type who thinks “shall not be infringed’ oughta cover everything, in Everytown…
I thought you guys were trying to fake men into thinking you suddenly grokked them…
Instead, you’re out there spooking the herd by showing them an open borders hypochondriac spokesmodel who is scared of guns, scared of cars, incompetent at life, obsessed with AIDS movies, and fantasizes that if he were gay, he would “get married tomorrow, just to f*** with the church.”
Come to think of it, that pretty much describes anyone dumb enough to vote for you.
[Via WiscoDave]
From Rep. Paul Gosar to a constituent via email:
Reconciliation is a procedure under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, where Congress implements budget resolution policies that are required to be related to permanent spending and revenue programs. Additionally, the Byrd rule, which was incorporated into the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, prohibits provisions that are “extraneous to the purpose of implementing budget resolution policies.” Consequently, provisions in a reconciliation bill cannot include policy changes that do not affect the budget or spending programs.
Consequently, this is why the full versions of the SHORT and Hearing Protection Act were not included in the bill, as the portions that affect non-tax provisions of the National Firearms Act (NFA) violate the Byrd rule.
Per the recipient:
“Now the only thing I need to figure out is how they managed to pass a bill out of the House that removed both the tax AND the registration. If you have any news on that, it sure would be worth a blog post.”
I don’t. How about you? And why not do the same with SBRs?
The NFA is constitutional because it’s “a modest burden” and not a ban [More]
The Second Amendment does not say “shall not be banned.” It says “shall not be infringed.” Even modestly.
Unless you’re one of the “smartest people in the room” who buy into the Trump/Bondi DOJ is playing super secret 3D chess with court rules that they can’t tell us about, and it will all work out in the end, honest…
Then ask why they’re not pushing SBRs.
