Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ lands in court
by TheHill.com - 07/09/25 8:00 AM ET
President Trump’s signature second-term legislative agenda is hitting the courts.
His “big, beautiful bill” is a boon for Second Amendment groups, who say it aids their quest to strike down a 91-year-old gun law requiring many Americans to register their firearms. Meanwhile, a judge already intervened to block one provision of the massive package, protecting Planned Parenthood from cuts.
It has shifted the Trump administration’s legal sagas from a tug of war between the judiciary and the executive to one involving the legislature.
The package’s toplines include key campaign promises like tax breaks for overtime pay and tips and additional funding for immigration enforcement. But packed into the 887-page law is a key change for gun owners.
It zeroes the $200 tax the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) has imposed on the manufacture and transfer of firearm silencers, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns.
The law has long been upheld under Congress’ taxing authority. So, gun rights groups wasted no time heading to court after Trump signed the bill on Independence Day, believing it dissolved the NFA’s constitutional foundation.
As The National Rifle Association put it, the megabill is the “biggest blow” yet to the NFA.
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