What Do Pro-2A Groups Think About Trump Admin Defending This Gun Law?

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Pro-Second Amendment groups have mixed reactions to the Department of Justice (DOJ) asking a federal judge to grant summary judgement in a legal challenge to the National Firearms Act (NFA).

The reconciliation bill signed into law by President Donald Trump in July 2025 contained provisions that reduced the taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and guns described as “any other weapon” to $0 after the Senate parliamentarian struck language that removed those items from any coverage of the NFA. Some pro-Second Amendment groups have argued that the new figure makes the provisions unconstitutional.

“GOA is already challenging the NFA’s burdensome registration requirements for newly untaxed firearms in federal court in Texas. In both cases, the Department of Justice is defending a law that has no basis in the Constitution, its text, or our nation’s history,” Gun Owners of America Senior Vice President Erich Pratt told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Instead of wasting taxpayer dollars defending an unpopular and unconstitutional law, the Administration should have sided with the plaintiffs and acknowledged that the NFA violates the Second Amendment.”

While some Second Amendment advocates have expressed frustration over the Trump administration defending some gun laws, notably the NFA, from legal challenges, a top administration official told the DCNF that the criticism was misplaced.

“I understand people have policy differences with DOJ’s enforcement of federal laws, but, in my opinion, and I’ve said this to many gun groups, the appropriate place to launch those policy discussions is in Congress, not with us,” Assistant Attorney General for Civil Right Harmeet Dhillon said during a June interview. “We have, I mean, not me, but other people in this building regularly respond to all kinds of litigation on behalf of the United States where I don’t necessarily agree with what we’re defending.” (Read more from “What Do Pro-2A Groups Think About Trump Admin Defending This Gun Law?” HERE)

Debtor Nation: More Americans Going Into Debt Just To Buy Food

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A new survey finds that nearly two-thirds of working-age adults use credit to purchase their groceries, with many finding it increasingly difficult to pay it off.

The survey, published by the Urban Institute in mid-July, was conducted in December and found that low-income families are the most affected by a perceived increase in grocery costs, making the exchange of debt for food appear to be their only option.

The institute found that 34.9 percent of working-age adults, defined as those between the ages of 18 and 64, used a credit card to pay for their groceries but reported that they would pay the bill back in full. Another 19.6 percent reported they were capable of only making the minimum payment on the debt they incurred, while another 8.7 percent reported not always being able to make the minimum payment.

“There is a substantial portion of people all around us who are having trouble being able to afford groceries and meet their basic needs,” Kassandra Martinchek, one of the report’s authors and a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, told The Washington Post.

The survey also determined that nearly 10 percent of working-age adults use Buy Now, Pay Later options to purchase groceries, with more than one-third having missed a payment. (Read more from “Debtor Nation: More Americans Going Into Debt Just To Buy Food” HERE)