introduced the Freedom from Taxes Act, landmark legislation that fully repeals the remaining excise taxes imposed on machine guns and destructive devices under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
Will fully repeal the remaining excise taxes imposed on machine guns and destructive devices under the National Firearms Act.
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introduced the Freedom from Taxes Act, landmark legislation that fully repeals the remaining excise taxes imposed on machine guns and destructive devices under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
introduced the Freedom from Taxes Act, landmark legislation that fully repeals the remaining excise taxes imposed on machine guns and destructive devices under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO-04) introduced the Freedom from Taxes Act, landmark legislation that fully repeals the remaining excise taxes imposed on machine guns and destructive devices under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
Evidence
Today, Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO-04) introduced the Freedom from Taxes Act, landmark legislation that fully repeals the remaining excise taxes imposed on machine guns and destructive devices under the National Firearms Act (NFA). The bill also eliminates the Special Occupational Tax (SOT) on Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs)... Background: Building directly on the successes of H.R. 1, which eliminated NFA taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs), and any other weapons (AOWs), the Freedom from Taxes Act removes the final two tax categories under the NFA.
The press releases page lists the May 20, 2026 item: "Rep. Boebert Introduces the Freedom from Taxes Act," described as legislation that fully repeals the remaining excise taxes imposed on machine guns and destructive devices under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
P.L. 119-21 removed the making and transfer taxes on all NFA firearms that are not machineguns or destructive devices. It did not repeal the NFA or its implementing regulations, and the other legal requirements of the NFA remain in place.
The index lists recent NFA-related bills, including "Taxation: modernize National Firearms Act to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons (see S. 3514) ... (see H.R. 4242)" and "repeal elimination of tax on certain firearms under National Firearms Act and deposit savings into Medicare part A trust fund (see S. 3512) ... (see H.R. 6743)."
The office's press releases page, as of the June 8, 2026 update, lists the Freedom from Taxes Act only as a May 20 introduction. Later entries on the page are June 4 and June 8 releases on other topics, and the page does not show any enacted repeal or later legislative success for the NFA tax repeal claim during the lookback window.
Assessments
Boebert took a concrete same-term legislative step by introducing the Freedom from Taxes Act on May 20, 2026, and the bill matches the promise’s objective of repealing the remaining National Firearms Act taxes on machine guns and destructive devices. But the available record through June 15, 2026 shows only bill introduction, not House passage, Senate passage, or enactment. Separate evidence indicates prior law removed NFA taxes for other categories, but not for machine guns and destructive devices, so the promised full repeal of the remaining taxes has not been completed. Because she materially advanced the promise with a serious legislative attempt while the term is still active, this is best scored as unresolved rather than delivered or never.
The promise was to fully repeal the remaining National Firearms Act taxes on machine guns and destructive devices. The evidence shows Boebert introduced the Freedom from Taxes Act in May 2026 specifically to do that, which is a serious legislative attempt matching the promise. But the record provided does not show enactment of that bill or any other completed repeal. In fact, CRS indicates that an earlier enacted law removed NFA taxes only for other categories, leaving machine guns and destructive devices still taxed, so the promised outcome remained unachieved. Under the rule that a serious attempt without successful delivery is scored as never with effort credit, this is not delivered.