Gun Laws And 2a
Trump’s OBBB Fuels Legal Offensive Against Gun Control
Gun rights groups see pathway to dismantle National Firearms Act via new legislation
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✍️By ZRIntel Editorial Team📍Washington, D.C.
President Trumps recent signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) has sparked an unprecedented wave of legal action aimed at dismantling federal firearm regulation. By zeroing out the longstanding $200 tax on suppressors and short-barreled firearms, the bill has effectively stripped the National Firearms Act (NFA) of its foundational enforcement mechanism. Now, major gun rights groupsincluding the NRA, ASA, SAF, and othershave filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that without the tax, the ATF no longer has constitutional authority to mandate firearm registration for those items. Doug Hamlin of the NRA labeled the bill as a big opening for us, asserting that suppressors and SBRs should now be as easy to acquire as any conventional firearm: background check, purchase, done. The burdensome application process, fingerprinting, and multi-month ATF reviews, they argue, must end. The legal case focuses on whether removing the tax invalidates the NFAs regulatory structure. Plaintiffs maintain that because suppressors and SBRs are not dangerous or unusual, their continued regulation lacks historical support under the Bruen framework. The 31-page lawsuit argues that any residual enforcement violates the Second Amendment. Critics warn the case could unravel core aspects of the federal gun control regime. The lawsuit is expected to work its way through the courts over the next several years, with both sides anticipating a potential Supreme Court showdown.