08/06/2026
This is great news. Hopefully the feds don’t appeal and common sense will finally be applied to suppressors and sbr’s This is from the fi****ms policy coalition.
Federal Court Strikes Major Blow Against National Fi****ms Act in FPC-Backed Lawsuit!
Fi****ms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced a major victory against the National Fi****ms Act of 1934 (NFA) in Jensen v. ATF, an FPC-backed lawsuit challenging the NFA's regulation of now-untaxed fi****ms, such as suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns. U.S. District Court Judge James Wesley Hendrix ruled that "[b]y zeroing out the transfer and making taxes for most NFA fi****ms, Congress eliminated the constitutional basis for the regulations that formerly supported the taxes for those fi****ms."
The Court's injunction applies to "the plaintiffs and, where applicable, the plaintiffs' agencies, political subdivisions, members, and customers—both current and future," but does not take effect for seven days "to allow the defendants to seek relief, if any, at the appellate level."
The plaintiffs include three individuals, Hot Shots Custom LLC, the Texas State Rifle Association, FPC Action Foundation, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. They are represented by David H. Thompson, Peter A. Patterson, and Nicholas A. Varone of Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, along with R. Brent Cooper of Cooper & Scully, P.C.
The opinion was issued on August 5, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Because Congress eliminated the NFA's making and transfer taxes for most regulated fi****ms in 2025, the Act's remaining registration and recordkeeping mandates lack any valid constitutional foundation.
"This is a massive win and an important step forward in our strategic plan to end the NFA. We cannot wait to fully and finally eliminate this unconstitutional scheme so people can exercise their rights when, where, and how they choose." — Brandon Combs, FPC President