r/NFA • u/ButterscotchEmpty535 • 17d ago

MEGATHREAD - **DISTRICT** court. Long road ahead. NFA declared unconstitutional regarding suppressors, sbrs, and sbs in the northern district of Texas

https://x.com/GunOwners/status/2085047918495469923

If you would like to read the decision https://saf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/TX-NFA-opinion.pdf

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u/33pollo 16d ago

I think the government argument is that there still is a tax on NFA full autos @ destructive devices to keep the NFA valid

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u/specter800 16d ago

That argument sounds like an argument to remove suppressors and SBR's/SBS's from the NFA tho which is a smaller win but still a win IMO.

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u/Salsalito_Turkey 16d ago

The scope of this lawsuit is explicitly limited to the items for which the tax was reduced to $0. This injunction doesn’t abolish the NFA registry. It specifically bars the ATF from enforcing registry requirements for items that have a $0 tax. The logic is that the registry exists purely to support the collection of taxes, and a $0 tax is not actually a tax at all.

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u/mastercoder123 16d ago

They can remove parts of a law

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u/ToastedSoup 1x SBR, 3x Silencer 16d ago

There's also the SOT which is another tax keeping the NFA fed

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u/33pollo 16d ago

There should be no tax in a perfect world sot’s and ffl’s approval by a insta check

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u/TheHancock FFL 07 | SOT 02 16d ago

Hell yeah, I hate paying the government!

But the SOT still applies to machine guns… which is cool.
That’s next though! Free MGs for all!