Gun Advocates Target Registration Rules After Tax Repeal (1)

Federal registration requirements for short-barreled rifles, shotguns, and silencers should be struck down as unconstitutional following Congress’ elimination of an excise tax on those weapons, a coalition of gun rights groups argued in a new lawsuit.

The lawsuit, filed a federal trial court in Missouri, targets federal requirements enacted as part of a Great Depression-era gun control law passed partly in response to the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and other gang violence.

The National Rifle Association and other groups argued that the tax law signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, which eliminated a longstanding $200 tax on ...