House GOP's New Spending Bill: Gun Rights Push

0:00On May 1st, House Republicans just dropped a spinning bill for fiscal year 2027 that's gunning straight for federal firearms rules. The big move? It wipes out National Firearms Act registration for suppressors and store-barrel rifles, hitting those requirements head on through the appropriations process. This picks up where last year's one big beautiful bill act left off. That law killed the $200 tax stamp on those items but kept the registration alive. Trump Andrew Clyde from Georgia has been pushing hard that no tax means no registration. Yet the Justice Department kept enforcing it anyway. Clyde called it out on social media this week, saying tax dollars shouldn't fund what's basically invalid now. Gun owners have been frustrated, dealing with ongoing red tape even after the tax vanished last July. The bill doesn't stop there. It also cuts funding for a bunch of Biden-era rules from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, like export restrictions and other regs.

1:01Gun rights groups are cheering, praising Clyde and the Committee for finally holding the line. With litigation still brewing and this funding fight ramping up, looks like Republicans are doubling down to clear the path for everyday gun folks. Stay tuned as this pushes toward the finish line. This has been US News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story.