Opinion
On April 1, 2025, Representative Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) reintroduced the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act, or the RIFLE Act. These bills (H.R. 2552 and S.1224 respectively) would remove a $200 excise tax that is imposed on law-abiding gun owners when they purchase certain firearms and accessories that are governed by the National Firearms Act.
Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act, or the RIFLE Act
Since 1934, gun owners wishing to purchase items such as suppressors and short-barreled rifles have been forced to pay a $200 “sin tax” to the federal government.
This tax is, according to the ATF, intended to “curtail, if not prohibit, transactions” of these lawful items. But this legislation would remove that imposing financial barrier.
Speaking on this important legislation, Representative Ashley Hinson said, “The Second Amendment is a Constitutional right that is not to be infringed. Law-abiding gun owners should not be forced to pay an unconstitutional firearm tax. This bill will remove unnecessary financial barriers on lawful gun owners from the antiquated 1934 National Firearms Act and protect the Second Amendment rights of Iowans and Americans.”
“Law-abiding Americans who exercise their Second Amendment rights should not be subject to unnecessary taxes and restrictions preventing them from doing so. Passed into law in 1934, the National Firearms Act needs to be amended. Our legislation will remove the red tape that places an undue financial burden on would-be gun owners,” said Senator Cotton.
“The National Rifle Association applauds Representative Hinson and Senator Cotton on their leadership on the Second Amendment and their reintroduction of the RIFLE Act,” said John Commerford, Executive Director of NRA-ILA. “This $200 punitive tax has only ever served as a financial barrier for law-abiding Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights.”
Representative Hinson has been joined by 28 of her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Senator Cotton has been joined by 12 of his colleagues in the U.S. Senate. NRA-ILA will continue to update you as this important legislation makes its way through the legislative process.
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About NRA-ILA:
Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the “lobbying” arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess, and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit: www.nra.org
This is a good start, since the poll tax on guns must be removed, but why not just repeal the entire unconstitutional Nfa?
That’s nice and all but let’s get rid of the NFA altogether. And while we’re at it the GCA, Hughes Amendment and every other single gun law in existence by affirming that Shall Not Be Infringed means that ALL gun laws are unconstitutional.
Underwhelming. If Cotton and Hinson were serious, they would make this and the SHUSH act part of either budget reconciliation or the upcoming tax bill.
NRA aka Negotiating Rights Away was involved in putting this onerous and flagrantly illegal tax on the American people in the first place!
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Not just removing the $200. NFA tax not just on a few things but everything ! Also , if they want to take it a few steps further they need to dissolve the NFA and remove everything that’s under it ! Next, they need to repeal the June 06, 1934 NFA that stopped the import of newly manufactured class 3 firearms from around the world to come into the US for the public to be able to purchase ! The NFA has made owning machineguns nearly impossible by not letting newly manufactured machineguns to flood the market into the US… Read more »
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If the NRA were truly serious about anything, they’d have a functioning NRA member to NRA director email system.
They’d also investigate Director Ken Blackwell’s alleged involvement in a $21million tax payer funded, money laundering scheme to anti gun groups.
And they wouldn’t be suing Ackerman McQueen again for the umpteenth time.
Also Ollie North is preparing to sue the NRA, again.
Hmmm… And this is NRA 2.0?…