Texas NFA Case
Judge James Wesley Hendrix out of the Northern District of Texas invalidated key components of the nearly 100-year-old National Firearms Act (NFA) in more than a dozen states.
This was a pair of consolidated cases—Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF and the NRA-supported Jensen v. ATF—brought in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs challenged the continued enforcement of certain National Firearms Act (NFA) registration and approval requirements for suppressors (silencers), short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns after Congress eliminated the NFA’s transfer and making taxes on those items.
On August 5, 2026, Judge Wesley Hendrix held that those registration and approval requirements exceed Congress’s constitutional authority once the taxes were removed. The court issued a permanent injunction (initially stayed until August 12, 2026) blocking enforcement of the challenged provisions against the plaintiff groups, their members, and customers (current and future) as applicable. The injunction does not apply to all eligible NFA purchasers or to all NFA items.
New Mexico is considered a FREE STATE for NFA transfers.
We have so many unanswered questions on how to proceed to provide our customers with the easiest and best practices without losing our license to operate. We are asking our customers to be a little more patient as we gather more and more information from DOJ and ATF.
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