H. R. 2395, known as the "Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act" or the "SHORT Act," proposes changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude short-barreled rifles and shotguns from the definition of firearms under the National Firearms Act. The bill seeks to...
Simple Explanation
This bill wants to change the rules so that certain types of short guns, like short rifles and shotguns, are treated more like regular guns, which means people wouldn’t have to pay extra taxes or do extra paperwork when getting them. It also says that any special state rules that make people pay extra or register these short guns wouldn’t count anymore.