All modern gun control is build on the National Firearms Act. Gun Control Act of 1968? Hughes Amendment? Arbitrary BATFE power? Most arbitrary local regulations? Yes, yes, yes and yes.
And tinkering with any of the arms of the octopus without going for the head is merely treating the symptoms.
Rep Burleson (MO7) is going for the head.
The National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) was the first federal law to impose limitations on firearm ownership. It requires Americans to pay a $200 tax, register, and undergo an application process to own certain firearms and accessories.
For decades, unelected bureaucrats have attempted to use the NFA to impose new regulations on gun owners without Congressional approval. This month, the ATF published a rule to reclassify firearms with pistol braces as short-barrel rifles (SBR), meaning millions of law-abiding Americans will become felons unless they submit to the NFA’s unconstitutional tax and registration scheme.
Here’s an explainer – the first of many.
Even with GOP control in DC, it’s quixotic.
But it’s a step in the right direction.
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