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I'm not going to get my hopes up on this considering how the HPA and national reciprocity bills never made any progress. But considering the ATF threw in the towel on not shouldering a braced "pistol", it could be argued that there are so many ways around the NFA regulation of SBRs that it's becoming pointless. I've always thought it was pretty dumb because a pistol is easiest to conceal anyways. Maybe we'll all be shocked and our legislators will show some common sense and pass this. Or maybe, Trump could confuse all his bumpstock haters and deregulated SBRs via executive order.
https://reason.com/2019/12/06/bill-would-roll-back-prohibition-era-gun-rules/
It could be fun for gun owners to throw anti talking points back at them on this one. "The NFA doesn't apply anymore because it was written for a different era by people who couldn't imagine the kind of pistols that we have available today."
https://reason.com/2019/12/06/bill-would-roll-back-prohibition-era-gun-rules/
The NFA requires owners of short-barreled rifles to register them with the federal government; they must also pay a one-time $200 excise tax per gun. If Marshall's bill becomes law, these extra requirements would disappear; short-barreled rifles would be regulated under the same rules as other semiautomatic rifles.
The legislation would also order the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to destroy all current short-barreled rifle registration records within 365 days of the law's enactment. Information about those who already own these weapons would thus be erased from the federal database.
The legislation would also order the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to destroy all current short-barreled rifle registration records within 365 days of the law's enactment. Information about those who already own these weapons would thus be erased from the federal database.
It could be fun for gun owners to throw anti talking points back at them on this one. "The NFA doesn't apply anymore because it was written for a different era by people who couldn't imagine the kind of pistols that we have available today."