The Federal court for the northern district of the republic of texas decides Silencer Shop Foundation v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives: judge James W. Hendrix declares that registration requirements on “short-barreled shotguns, short-barreled rifles, silencers, and a … defined group of miscellaneous firearms” to be unlawful as the Federal tax on these items has been eliminated.
Question: By what rationale can the Federal government continue taxing or regulating the unalienable right to own small arms?
[added 8/10/2026] Thanks to World Net Daily for this entry.
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Authority:
Article II of Amendment
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References:
136 summary judgment opinion.pdf
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Federal judge takes sledgehammer to National Firearms Act * WorldNetDaily * by Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation
www.wnd.com/2026/08/federal-judge-takes-sledgehammer-national-firearms-act/
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