| What does this mean exactly?
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| H.R. 1 contained 940 pages of budget and tax information and a small portion of it was a huge win for 2A supporters. While it didn’t remove suppressors from NFA completely, it did remove the requirement to pay $200 to the government for a suppressor or to own a short-barreled rifle or shotgun or an AOW is moving the needle in the right direction. Machine
guns and destructive devices will still be taxed as per usual and all the above still require the mandatory fingerprinting and background check. To clarify, the BBB does NOT mean you can now start cutting barrels on your old 870’s or swapping braces for stocks on your pistol AR’s in the basement without telling anyone. The process is the same, but the cost is eliminated.
At this time, the official legal date for this to take effect is January 1, 2026 although there has been some rumor that Trump could sign it in sooner. There are at least two coalitions that are pushing the ATF to remove the NFA altogether, but that is an ongoing process.
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