From its inception, the NFA was justified as a tax, with the registration being incidental to that tax and only existing ostensibly to ensure the tax was properly paid for each NFA item sold.
Special Taxes on Firearms are Unconstitutional
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From its inception, the NFA was justified as a tax, with the registration being incidental to that tax and only existing ostensibly to ensure the tax was properly paid for each NFA item sold.
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce the hiring of Kostas Moros as Director of Legal Research and Education….
In other words, if you are a 15-24-year-old Black male, you had a 1 in 1,000 chance of being killed in a gun-related homicide in 2023 alone. Read on for an unapologetic analysis of this sensitive topic.
So much for “Harris … branding herself as a pro-Second Amendment gun owner.” By opposing the Heller decision she was declaring the Second Amendment is not an individual right.
Texts from the 19th century collectively reinforce the idea that the right to bear arms was widely understood as an individual right necessary for safeguarding against government overreach.