If a new congressional action is successful, the federal excise tax levied when certain firearms governed by the National Firearms Act of 1934 are purchased will no longer apply.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) reintroduced the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act, the RIFLE Act, in their respective chambers last week. At issue is the $200 excise tax charged for purchasing items such as short-barreled rifles and suppressors.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) admits the charge’s purpose. The agency said the tax aims to “curtail, if not prohibit, transactions.”
The nation’s largest and oldest gun rights organization stands against the excise tax. John Commerford is the executive director of NRA-ILA, and he charged that the penalty imposed by the federal government only impedes law-abiding weapon owners.
“The National Rifle Association applauds Representative Hinson and Senator Cotton on their leadership on the Second Amendment and their reintroduction of the RIFLE Act,” Commerford declared. “This $200 punitive tax has only ever served as a financial barrier for law-abiding Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights.”
Hinson emphasized that the federal tax affects a fundamental freedom.
“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,” the representative said. “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.”
Cotton asserted that the nearly century-old law needs to be changed.
“Law-abiding Americans who exercise their Second Amendment rights should not be subject to unnecessary taxes and restrictions preventing them from doing so.” Cotton added that passing the RIFLE Act would remove unnecessary “red tape.”
The bill has 28 co-sponsors in the House and 12 in the Senate.
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