A federal court ruling grounded in the Constitution’s Taxing Clause could reshape how law-abiding Americans acquire certain firearms — and California gun owners are watching closely. On August 5, 2026, U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas permanently enjoined key registration and approval requirements of the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA) as applied to suppressors (silencers), short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs)