On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas expressed approval for the inclusion of his Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act in the Senate reconciliation text. The legislation aims to eliminate taxation, registration, and regulation of short-barreled rifles, shotguns, and other weapons under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
Senator Marshall stated, “Short-barreled weapons are the weapons of choice for self-defense, and I am proud to have gotten the SHORT Act into the President’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill.’” He further added that the act is a step towards reducing regulations imposed by the NFA on gun owners.
The Biden Administration has used the NFA to argue that pistols with stabilizing braces are illegal short-barreled rifles. This argument facilitated a ban by the ATF, which forced gun owners to either violate this rule or participate in an “Amnesty Registration of Pistol Brace Weapons” registry. The SHORT Act seeks to remove these restrictions to prevent future enactments of similar bans by the ATF.
For more information on this topic, Senator Marshall’s interview with Newsmax is available online.
