Curated from US news | The Guardian — Here’s what matters right now:
Gun Owners of America, which sees the NRA as soft, has the National Firearms Act in its sights – and it’s ready for battle Before Donald Trump had even won last year’s presidential election, Gun Owners of America, one of the country’s most aggressive second amendment champions, saw an opportunity to use the coming budget bill to overturn one of the country’s core gun laws. Their target: the National Firearms Act. Passed in 1934 in response to gangster-era crime, the NFA imposed registration and a $200 tax on machine guns, silencers, and short-barreled rifles and shotguns. The tax roughly equaled nearly $5,000 back then, acting as a de facto ban for most would-be buyers. Continue reading...
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Original reporting: US news | The Guardian