**Gun rights groups welcome the demise of illogical and constitutionally dubious federal firearm taxes**
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, recently signed by President Donald Trump, eliminates the federal tax on transfers of firearm sound suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and shotguns, reducing it from $200 to zero. This tax, introduced by the National Firearms Act of 1934, was seen as prohibitive despite inflation having softened its impact. Gun rights organizations celebrated this move as a significant strike against the first national gun control law. They argue that the provisions, which arose from historic high crime rates and the infamous Prohibition era, have illogical and constitutional flaws. The recent amendment acknowledges that short-barreled rifles, shotguns, and suppressors do not merit the same restrictions as machine guns, a position supported by the Second Amendment.
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