Last week, attorneys for our pro-2A Coalition filed two motions for summary judgment in the ASA-backed lawsuits Jensen v. ATF, in the Northern District of Texas, and Brown v. ATF, in the Eastern District of Missouri, challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act.
The cases argue that the elimination by Congress of the $200 transfer and making taxes associated with certain NFA firearms, including suppressors, makes the registry of such items unconstitutional. The 91-year-old registry was created to track tax payments, and without that tax, it is no longer necessary or constitutional.
In partnership with the National Rifle Association, the Second Amendment Foundation, the Firearms Policy Coalition, the Texas State Rifle Association, and local plaintiffs, the ASA has filed these motions for summary judgment.
For far too long, the NFA has imposed an unlawful burden on gun owners. With the $200 suppressor tax eliminated, there is no remaining legal justification for the NFA’s continued existence. It stands as an unconstitutional and undue restriction on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
