DOJ won't appeal ruling against parts of National Firearms Act: GOP Rep. Clyde

Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., stated this week that the Department of Justice would not appeal a ruling that saw a judge strike down parts of the 1934 National Firearms Act.

"I’ve received confirmation from the Trump Administration that the DOJ will NOT appeal our historic court victory against the NFA," he posted on X.

U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix ruled last week that because Congress had eliminated the NFA's $200 tax to transfer or make certain firearms, notably suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and shotguns, that the existing restrictions no longer applied.

On Wednesday, Silencer Shop, one of the plaintiffs in the suit, conducted the first unregistered suppressor transfer since 1934.

Gun Owners of America, a pro-Second Amendment advocacy group celebrated the development.

“GOA fought to crush the NFA’s unconstitutional restrictions through the One Big Beautiful Bill, but we didn’t stop there," GOA Senior Vice President Erich Pratt said. "We promised to keep fighting until these restrictions were gone, and now our members are putting the historic victory into action. The era of federal registration for constitutionally protected arms must end.”

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.