Senate pressured to end some firearm regulations and taxes in ‘big, beautiful bill’

Having won in the House with its demand that the so-called “big, beautiful bill” eliminate the tax on firearms suppressors, Second Amendment advocates are now pushing the Senate to eliminate the tax and registration requirement on short-barreled rifles.

The industry is moving swiftly to build support for its call to include the Short Act in the tax and spending bill. That would essentially pull short-barreled rifles such as AR-style pistols and some shotguns out of the National Firearms Act, which requires that the arms be registered with Uncle Sam and a $200 tax paid.