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But as of October 14, 2025, that order is off the table. The court vacated the requirement after SAF, FPC, and DOJ jointly filed a motion to amend the judgment.

For nearly a century, the NFA has hung its legal hat on Congress’s taxing power. Back in 1934, lawmakers admitted they didn’t have the authority to ban certain guns outright — so they taxed them instead.

As Phillips put it, “People who aren’t as gun friendly might hesitate when they first see it, but the law is the law. After time, people will get used to it.”

Ironically, it might soon be easier for outsiders to get one than for Californians themselves.

Everytown and The Trace’s criticism isn’t just unfounded. It is abhorrent. In the estimation of the gun control organization, the only answer is to eliminate gun ownership in America.

The only things still allowed (for now): “non-enhancing” gear — like holsters, gun safes, and similar accessories that don’t directly interface with a firearm.

Most gun owners think the only way to lose their Second Amendment rights is through a felony conviction. But as the Armed Attorneys, Emily Taylor and Richard Hayes, point out — it’s way easier (and way sneakier) than that.

“So when NPR runs with ‘violent crime is falling,’ they’re just parroting the wrong dataset,” Lott said.

The Supreme Court convenes Monday for the start of its 2025–26 session, and Wolford v. Lopez is expected to be one of the term’s most significant Second Amendment cases.