THIS WEEK IN GUN RIGHTS!

At GOA, we’ve been hard at work fighting for your Second Amendment rights, here’s a recap of the things you should know…

A federal judge ruled the registration requirements on short, barreled firearms and suppressors are unconstitutional.

DOJ had a week to appeal the stay and let it pass.

On midnight, when the stay expired, two GOA members became the first in the country since 1934 to buy suppressors with no registration.

Congress is moving on two fronts to wipe out the rest of the NFA tax, ATF still won’t answer our letters, and there are limits you need to understand before you act.

Here’s all of it…

WHERE THINGS STAND…

The last two weeks have moved faster than the last two decades.

August 5. The court ruled.

Judge James Wesley Hendrix in the Northern District of Texas, held that the NFA’s registration requirements are unconstitutional as applied to the recently reduced $0 tax items. (SBRs, SBSs, AOWs, Suppressors)

Congress passed the NFA as a tax. With the tax at zero, there is nothing holding the registration scheme up.

The Judge entered a permanent injunction against ATF covering the plaintiffs, the members of the plaintiff organizations, and the customers of the plaintiff companies.

GOA and Gun Owners Foundation are plaintiffs, along with Silencer Shop Foundation, Palmetto State Armory, SilencerCo, B&T USA, FRAC, and 15 states.

August 12. DOJ let the clock run out.

The judge had paused his own order for seven days so the government could run to the Fifth Circuit.

They never went.

The pause expired and the injunction took effect.

August 13. Ninety-two years ended at one minute past midnight.

At Silencer Shop in Leander, Texas, GOA members Brandon Herrera and Wes Virdell legally took possession of unregistered suppressors with just a background check.

Rep. Andrew Clyde and GOA’s Erich Pratt were in the room.

These were the first lawful unregistered transfers since the NFA was enacted on June 26, 1934.

PRESSURE ON TWO FRONTS…

Rep. Clyde is leading a coalition in Congress pushing DOJ and ATF to apply the ruling nationwide instead of to plaintiffs alone.

The group is calling for DOJ & ATF to issue a rule that would formally rescind the challenged regulations, as they apply to untaxed firearms.

Here’s what we currently cannot tell you.

As of the writing of this email, we cannot tell you how the injunction applies to your particular situation.

Neither can ATF right now.

We asked for written guidance for our members and got nothing back, not even an acknowledgment that our letter arrived.

Until that changes, take questions about your own circumstances to a lawyer in your state.

P.S., we’ve partnered with our friends at CANIK to bring you a GOA 50th anniversary METE MC9.

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The GOA anniversary addition CANIK METE MC9 includes two magazines and a GOA Challenge Coin.

Proceeds from the sales of this product go to supporting GOA in our mission to fight for the Second Amendment!

If you aren’t already, please consider becoming a GOA member so that we can fight on your behalf! And consider also making it a repeating yearly contribution so that you will always stay covered by our lawsuit injunctions.