The big happenings in the gun world have to do with the sort-of, depending on several factors, partial overturning of the National Firearms Act or NFA. The NFA is the law that regulates suppressors (“silencers”), short-barreled rifles (SBRs) and short-barreled shotguns (SBSs) among other stuff.
For a good overview of what this means, I would direct you to Mrgunsngear who is reliably sober and fact driven….
It reminds me a bit of the whole pistol brace thing in that the injunction or whatever only impacts people that are connected to the plaintiffs, like the Gun Owners of America. It also is super confusing. He shared this chart…
As I understand this, living in Indiana which is a state in the green column, I could take a Palmetto State Armory lower with a stock and put an 11.5” upper on it and be compliant, but I could not do the same with an Aero Precision lower.
Kudos to Brandon Herrera, the AK Guy, for having a suppressor transferred to him without the NFA form at 12:01 AM when the challenge window expired. I am looking forward to seeing what he will do in Congress.
The ATF has been pretty silent on the whole thing, and I don’t think it is malice but sheer confusion on their part. I don’t think they know what to do and Trump has (for a change) gotten actively involved and directed the DOJ to not challenge this ruling. What that means is still up in the air but what would be ideal is for Congress to just repeal the NFA completely, which it could have done in the Big Beautiful Bill but that provision was killed by certain traitorous elements in the GOP.
John Wick films notwithstanding, as I assume my readers all know, suppressors make a firearm quieter but not silent, especially if you are not using sub-sonic ammo. Rather than a soft pfut sound like you hear in the movies, they just reduce the report of the firearm which is beneficial to your ears. The number of suppressors used in actual crimes has to be a miniscule number, they are expensive and they make a pistol a lot harder to conceal, so they aren’t more of a threat.
SBRs also are not more dangerous, especially on the scary AR-15 where the shorter barrel means you are losing velocity. Of course rifles of any sort are rarely used in crimes anyway.
You can’t deny that we have had a lot of small wins over the last decade, from the widespread adoption of “permitless concealed carry” to the Bruen decision to this gutting of the NFA. That hasn’t stopped some people on social media from bitching because they didn’t get everything they wanted right now. More importantly, this window of what I called The Golden Age Of Gun Buying back in 2019 has a shelf life and all of these wins can be rolled back with days of Democrats taking control over the Congress and White House.
Enjoy it while it lasts and buy with an eye toward that future when things won’t be so golden.
Wasn’t the NFA a copy of the NSDAP firearms act of 1938?
The chutzpah of hook nosed rat killing Christ and destroying Russia and USA from within.
Protect ya neck and evildoers get what they deserve in a hail of hot lead.