BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 27, 2026 — Plaintiffs have filed a movement for abstract judgment in Roberts v. ATF, one of many Second Modification Basis’s (SAF) three supported lawsuits difficult the constitutionality of the Nationwide Firearms Act’s (NFA) registration necessities for short-barreled firearms and silencers.
Till President Trump signed the One Massive Lovely Invoice Act, the NFA established a $200 tax and registration regime on sure courses of firearms together with silencers and short-barreled rifles, purportedly drawing from Congressional authority to levy taxes. After the One Massive Lovely Invoice eradicated the $200 tax on these arms, SAF and its companions filed three lawsuits difficult the remaining registration necessities, as a result of with out the tax, Congress’ reliance on their taxing energy is not justifiable.
“As we’ve said in every of our three Nationwide Firearms Act challenges, Congress lacks the authority to proceed requiring the registration of protected arms beneath the NFA,” mentioned SAF Senior Director of Authorized Operations Invoice Sack. “The Court docket has all the pieces they should put this case to mattress and finish this infringement on the rights of People nationwide.”
SAF itself is a named plaintiff within the NFA lawsuit Brown v. ATF and is now backing two further challenges – Jensen v. ATF and this case, Roberts v. ATF. Filed in america District Court docket for the Japanese District of Kentucky, the named plaintiffs in Roberts are Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Possession, Middle for Human Liberty, American Suppressor Affiliation Basis, Buckeye Firearms Affiliation, Meridian Ordnance and two non-public residents.
“We now have the very best alternative in nearly a century to finish the registration scheme for silencers and short-barreled rifles beneath the NFA,” mentioned SAF founder and Govt Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “SAF is seizing this once-in-a-lifetime alternative by supporting three separate instances difficult the unconstitutional regulation, and we’re optimistic this Second Modification infringement will lastly be lifted.”
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The Second Modification Basis (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt schooling, analysis, publishing and authorized motion group devoted to safeguarding and selling the elemental rights of people enshrined within the Second Modification of america Structure. SAF engages in aggressive authorized motion to make sure the ideas of armed self-defense, private liberty, and the possession of arms are defended, secured, and restored. By means of public schooling initiatives, SAF teaches the significance of the Second Modification to advertise a society that values and workouts the suitable to maintain and bear arms.
