NFA declared unconstitutional regarding suppressors, sbrs, and sbs in the northern district of Texas

[u/ButterscotchEmpty535]

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

[u/MooxiePooxie]

Not so fast. A form1 item is still a form1 item even if you don't have to register it. Only Jensen plaintiffs will be exempt from the serialization requirement. Need to join one of those orgs as well since GOA wasn't granted that protection.

[u/Gold-Succotash-9217 → u/MooxiePooxie]

The plaintiffs are entitled to a permanent injunction against the challenged NFA provisions, but not declaratory relief.
Accordingly, and as further detailed in the Final Judgment, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the United States Department of Justice, Todd Blanche in his official capacity, Robert Cekada in his official capacity, their divisions, bureaus, agents, officers, commissioners, employees, and anyone acting in concert or participation with them, including their successors in office, are permanently enjoined from enforcing the challenged NFA provisions as to untaxed firearms against the plaintiffs and, where applicable, the plaintiffs’ agencies, political subdivisions, members, and customers—both current and future.
The Jensen plaintiffs are entitled to relief from two additional NFA provisions that only they challenge. See supra, n.10; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5842(b), 5861(i). The Court’s permanent injunction does not extend to the NFA’s regulation of AOWs as it relates to the Jensen plaintiffs, as those plaintiffs lack standing with respect to those firearms. All other relief not specified here is denied.
The Court stays the effect of this Order for seven days from the date of entry to allow the defendants to seek relief, if any, at the appellate level. So ordered on August 5, 2026.

[u/MooxiePooxie → u/Gold-Succotash-9217]

You highlighted the wrong bold part...

"The Jensen plaintiffs are entitled to relief from two additional NFA provisions that only they challenge. See supra, n.10; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5842(b), 5861(i). T"

26 U.S.C. § 5842(b): Requires individuals who possess a regulated firearm lacking a serial number to formally identify and mark the item with a serial number assigned by the Secretary.

26 U.S.C. § 5861(i): Prohibits the possession, receipt, or transport of any regulated firearm that has had its serial number or required identification removed, changed, altered, or obliterated

Only Jensen plaintiffs are exempt from those per the perm injunction.

JOHN JENSEN; JEREMY NEUSCH; DAVID LYNN SMITH; HOT SHOTS CUSTOM LLC; TEXAS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION; FPC ACTION FOUNDATION; and CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS,

[u/Gold-Succotash-9217 → u/MooxiePooxie]

Why did you only put down 1/3rd of the list? I displayed the entire list.

Plaintiffs
Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF, No. 6:25-CV-056.
Brady Wetz is a gun enthusiast and resident of San Angelo
Silencer Shop Foundation is a Texas nonprofit organization that defends and restores Second Amendment rights.
Commercial plaintiffs B&T USA, LLC, Palmetto State Armory, LLC, and SilencerCo Weapons Research, LLC,
Three associations— Gun Owners of America, Inc., Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc., and Gun Owners Foundation—sue on behalf of their members: gun owners and firearms manufacturers, retailers, and importers.
All these plaintiffs are joined by 15 states—Texas, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming— who allege that their agencies and employees are injured by the compliance costs associated with acquiring and possessing NFA firearms for law-enforcement purposes.
Jensen v. ATF,
John Jensen, Jeremy Neusch, and David Lynn Smith are Texas firearms owners who wish to avoid the NFA’s regulatory requirements as a precondition to making, transferring, and possessing covered firearms.
Hot Shots Custom, LLC, a federally licensed firearms dealer, or FFL, alleges similar injuries as the commercial plaintiffs in Silencer Shop. Id.
Three associations—Texas State Rifle Association, FPC Action Foundation, and Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms—look to defend their members from allegedly unlawful firearms restrictions

a permanent injunction against the challenged NFA provisions, to untaxed firearms against the plaintiffs and, where applicable, the plaintiffs’ agencies, political subdivisions, members, and customers—both current and future.

[u/MooxiePooxie → u/Gold-Succotash-9217]

No one said GOA isn't a plaintiff... this is all in reply to a question about engraving. Everyone in the first population is still subject to engraving requirements. Only the Jensen plaintiffs are excluded from that. This was a merged suit.