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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) is reintroducing the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act on Thursday to remove onerous restrictions on short-barreled rifles, shotguns, and other firearms.
ThebillwouldamendtheInternalRevenueCodeif1986andremovethesefirearmsfromtheNationalFirearmsAct(NFA)classification.Ifpassed,itwouldrescindtheextrarestrictionsandtaxesimposedonthosewhoowntheseweapons.
Sen.Marshallarguedthat“’Shallnotbeinfringediscrystalclear–andtheBiden-eraabusesoftheConstitutionallyprotectedrightsofgunownersacrossthecountryneedtobeundone.”
TheSHORTActtakesasteptowardrollingbacknonsensicalregulationsthattheNationalFirearmsActhasplacedupongunowners.IchallengemycolleaguesinbothchamberstopassthislegislationandjoinmeinfullyrestoringandprotectingourGod-givenSecondAmendmentrights.
Marshallandotherlawmakersfirstintroducedthemeasurein2023.
TheSHORTActwillremovelanguagetreatingcertaintypesofshotgunsas“destructivedevices”whiledoingawaywiththe$5transfertaxfor“anyfirearmclassifiedasanyothe
