Chevron’s fall didn’t just weaken the ATF — it shook the foundation of how regulation works. Now, every gun rule must be spelled out. Until that happens, loopholes remain open.
Think about a society where there are 50x as many silencers and SBRs. That’s a different planet than what we’re used to. It’s where we’re headed. And it can create the kind of momentum that could be used to take these things out of the NFA altogether.
It seems that as states began to expand consumers’ legal right to have, carry, and use handguns for self-defense, the industry seized on the opportunity to sell the idea of armed self-defense to what was still a relatively untapped market of women.
But behavioral economics has taught us ways of helping those young people achieve the same strategies that poker players deploy to keep their emotions in check, through simulated social interactions.
By making it harder to access Medicaid benefits, Republicans will stymie the reductions in gun violence, violent death, and crime that we saw due to Medicaid expansion.
“I’m challenged by large capacity clips in urban centers, weapons of war sometimes outgunning the police. But otherwise, man, people have the right to bear arms. I got no ideological opposition to that at all.”
With the passage of the BBB, the tax under Section 5811 will soon be set to $0 (January 1, 2026). As a result, short barreled rifles (and shotguns) will not be subject to the Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax levied on rifle manufacturers.
A new Colorado law adds new education and training burdens for obtaining and renewing permits for the carrying of a concealed handgun despite data suggesting permit holders are already an exceptionally responsible and law-abiding group.
Don’t look now, but Temu Trace (Everytown’s The Smoking Gun website) figured out that zeroing out the onerous $200 tax stamp on sales of silencers, short-barrel rifles and short-barrel shotguns is just another step on the road to full NFA nullification.
Public Service Announcement for Elon: We often hear this exact thing or the equivalent from Democrats, from Clinton to Obama to Harris to Giffords.
