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Repeal The NFA, Sign the petition
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Patriot,
My name is Zack Clark.
I’m the Director of Social Media for the National Association for Gun Rights.
And this is real:
I successfully registered a potato as a suppressor with the ATF.
That’s not a euphemism for a poorly-made suppressor… it’s a literal potato.
I filled out the paperwork.
I submitted fingerprints and photographs.
I underwent a federal background check.
And the ATF approved it.
Don’t believe me? Watch the video of me shooting with it.
That potato now exists in the federal government’s national firearms registry — right alongside real suppressors and real firearms.
Was this my way of trolling the ATF? Sure.
But the real reason I did it was to expose just how absurd, antiquated, and unconstitutional the National Firearms Act really is.
The NFA was passed in 1934 — nearly a century ago — using vague, fear-driven language that gives bureaucrats enormous power over everyday Americans.
It’s definition of a “suppressor” is so broad that a potato qualifies.
Let that sink in.
Under federal law, the government now claims authority over a vegetable — simply because it could theoretically reduce sound for a single use.
That’s not public safety. That’s unchecked government power.
And yes, while this whole thing is objectively hilarious… the process I went through isn’t funny at all. In fact, it’s an atrocity.
In our opinion, the NFA is the single biggest piece of gun control ever to become law in the United States of America.
Under the NFA, law-abiding Americans must ask permission before exercising a constitutional right.
They must pay a special tax.
They must wait months.
They must surrender privacy.
And they must accept permanent inclusion in a federal database.
All without ever committing a crime.
Make a mistake on the paperwork — and you’re facing felony charges.
When a law is so expansive that it ensnares a potato, the problem isn’t gun owners.
The problem is the law.
The NFA survives only because most Americans don’t realize how ridiculous it has become — or how dangerous it is to allow government power this broad to remain unchecked.
That’s why I did this.
And that’s why I’m speaking to you directly.
We at the National Association for Gun Rights are demanding Congress repeal the National Firearms Act — completely.
No more registries.
No more taxes on rights.
No more permission slips.
SIGN YOUR PETITION TO REPEAL THE NFA BELOW ⤵️
If the government can regulate a potato as a suppressor, it can regulate anything.
And if we don’t draw the line here, they’ll keep pushing it further.
I’m asking you to stand with me — and with NAGR — and send a clear message to Washington.
This law has gone on long enough.
For Freedom,
Zack Clark
Director of Social Media
National Association for Gun Rights
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Nuke the NFA!
Petition to my U.S. Senators
WHEREAS: The National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA), a law that has long infringed upon the rights guaranteed to the American people under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution; and
WHEREAS: The NFA was enacted with very little regard for the individual liberties and Constitutional protections of law-abiding citizens. Over time, this law has led to the undue regulation, taxation, and criminalization of items such as short-barreled rifles and shotguns, suppressors (commonly referred to as “silencers”), and other firearms that are in common use and pose no inherent threat to public safety when possessed by responsible individuals; and
WHEREAS: The law imposes onerous registration requirements, burdensome taxes, and long wait times, all of which serve to chill the exercise of a Constitutionally protected right. Furthermore, the NFA does little to deter criminal misuse of firearms, as those with unlawful intent are unlikely to follow its provisions in the first place. The burden instead falls squarely on the shoulders of law-abiding Americans; and
WHEREAS: The NFA is outdated, overly broad, and inconsistent with both the text and the intent of the Second Amendment. Its continued enforcement creates a framework of selective and arbitrary enforcement, disproportionately affecting certain communities and placing law-abiding gun owners at legal risk for mere technicalities; and
WHEREAS: We believe in the responsible exercise of Constitutional freedoms, and we believe that true public safety is achieved through the education and empowerment of citizens — not through laws that erode rights and criminalize non-violent conduct.
THEREFORE: We respectfully urge you abolish the NFA and FULLY deregulate firearm suppressors from anti-gun state and federal laws.
Dear Fellow Patriot,
The National Firearms Act (NFA) is a blatantly unconstitutional, outdated, and tyrannical piece of legislation that has no place in a free society.
For over 90 years, the NFA has stood as a monument to federal overreach and the slow erosion of individual liberty.
The NFA’s absurd restrictions on short-barreled rifles, shotguns, and suppressors are not only arbitrary, they are actively harmful.
They criminalize non-violent conduct and subject Americans to outrageous taxes, bureaucratic red tape, and the constant threat of felony charges for mere technicalities.
It’s time. The NFA has got to go.
For Freedom,
Dudley Brown
President
National Association for Gun Rights
