Two major gun rights organizations are turning up the heat on Capitol Hill ahead of Independence Day, demanding Congress repeal the National Firearms Act’s (NFA) longstanding tax scheme on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns.
Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) are rallying grassroots support and pressuring lawmakers to preserve Section 70436 of H.R. 1—the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill.” The provision would eliminate the $200 tax stamps and regulatory hurdles that gun owners have endured since 1934.
“July 4th is the perfect day to strike down the tyranny of the NFA’s unconstitutional tax scheme,” said GOA Board Member Sam Paredes. “Gun owners expect action—and GOA will hold accountable any lawmaker who tries to gut this historic provision.”
The bill’s passage would mark the most significant rollback of federal gun regulations in decades, with GOA and CCRKBA framing it as a long-overdue correction to unconstitutional overreach. They’re demanding the Senate maintain the House’s pro-2A language as it works through reconciliation.
“The One Big Beautiful Bill is a generational opportunity to reclaim ground for the Second Amendment,” added Aidan Johnston, GOA’s Director of Federal Affairs. “We’re urging Congress to send the bill to President Trump’s desk by Independence Day—no excuses.”
On the Senate side, CCRKBA Managing Director Andrew Gottlieb said their team is mobilizing gun owners nationwide. The group is urging supporters to flood Senate offices with calls and to sign a coalition letter hosted at Reform NFA Now.
“The Senate Finance Committee’s legislative text, found at finance.senate.gov, incorporates these changes, marking a monumental victory for gun owners,” the CCRKBA alert notes. “However, the battle is not over. Senate leadership must ensure these provisions remain in the final reconciliation bill, and they need to hear from you.”
Among the reforms: repealing the suppressor tax under the Hearing Protection Act, and scrapping arbitrary restrictions on short-barreled firearms under the SHORT Act. The reconciliation process means these changes can bypass a filibuster—but political pressure could still kill them behind closed doors.
With July 4 looming, both organizations are making clear: the time to act is now.
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