- Joined
- Oct 6, 2021
Ok here's like a two minute explanationI'm a tourist and also retarded, could you explain what this language-strip thing is to non-Americans? What is this bill?
If you wanted a short rifle or shotgun or a silencer , you used to have to pay a tax and register it and a bunch of paperwork bullshit and it came with a bunch of restrictions. In July 2025, A law was passed that as of January 1st, 2026, removed the tax. Because the regulations were always upheld by courts as legitimate due to government taxation powers, and since you cannot charge a tax of $0, people launched court cases to challenge the registration requirements, a Judge in Texas agreed with the plaintiff in the Case Jensen Vs. ATF 7 days ago, saying that due to the tax no longer being in effect, the registration requirements were no longer valid, but stayed the ruling for 7 days to give the government a chance to appeal, the 7 days is up in 3 hours and some change, the Government has said that they will not appeal, supposedly, meaning the ruling will go into effect and it will affect an at this moment indeterminate amount of people and should, at least in theory, If not in immediate practice, allow the purchase of short rifles, shotguns and silencers with only a standard form 4473 Background check.
This is a very big fucking deal for any Non-American who doesn't have a frame of reference.
