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Andrew Clyde, who owns a Georgia gun store, called the move the largest Second Amendment win in a century","excerpt":"A federal court ruling struck down the $200 tax and registration requirements for silencers and short-barrel firearms under the 1934 National Firearms Act. The Trump administration did not appeal, allowing the change to take effect. Gun-rights groups celebrated; prevention groups warned of increased danger.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-15T22:25:26.385Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-15T15:44:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-15T22:25:26.385Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":54,"critic":95,"hype":30,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 54: named source and figures present, but only one original report and digests use hedged language.","critic":"Critic 95: clear context, multiple quotes, specific data, and future implications are well presented.","hype":"Hype 30: headline uses strong language but article largely reports statements without excessive sensationalism."}},"tags":["#SecondAmendment","#GunRights","#NationalFirearmsAct","#TrumpAdministration","#USPolitics"],"entities":["Rep. 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The ruling applies to the parties in the lawsuit and is not a nationwide injunction, as reported by the Associated Press."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The tax and registration rules were introduced in 1934. Last year, Congress reduced the tax to zero in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Gun-rights groups then argued that the registration requirement was unconstitutional without the tax. A district court agreed, and the Justice Department did not challenge the ruling."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Georgia Republican who founded Clyde Armory before entering Congress, called the change the \"greatest restoration\" of Second Amendment rights in nearly a century. He led 47 Republican lawmakers in urging Attorney General Todd Blanche not to appeal the ruling. Clyde argued that taxing a constitutional right was a way to destroy it, and that removing the tax removed the justification for registration."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Gun violence prevention groups opposed the move. Kris Brown, president of Brady: United Against Gun Violence, said the government had failed to protect public safety. She said the decision would deregulate \"uniquely lethal weapons and devices\" for the first time in nearly a century."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left-rated outlet ran this story at all. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the cost of the $200 tax or that the ruling applies only to the parties in the lawsuit, not nationwide. 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