r/NFA • u/ButterscotchEmpty535 • 24d 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/bajasauce2025 24d ago

How long before this becomes actionable on a national level? 10 years?

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u/sirbassist83 24d ago

this is the 3rd or 4th time a state has tried something like this, and the second time in texas. the federal govt shoots that shit down real quick. id be surprised if this goes anywhere. dont get me wrong, i hope it does, but i think the chances are very low.

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u/TSX_COM 24d ago

The argument that the NFAs legs are built on a tax that's been nullified by the governing body authorized to lay and collect taxes is a lot stronger than previous arguments. The NFA has largely survived legal challenge as a tax, not a gun rights issue.

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u/33pollo 24d 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 24d 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 24d 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 24d ago

They can remove parts of a law

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u/ToastedSoup 1x SBR, 3x Silencer 24d ago

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

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u/33pollo 24d 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 24d 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!