S. 1162, also known as the "Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act" or the "SHORT Act," proposes changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This bill aims to remove specific weapons—short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons—from the...
Simple Explanation
The SHORT Act is a plan to change the rules so that certain small guns, like short rifles and shotguns, are easier to own by removing them from a special list that makes them harder to get. It also means people won't have to pay extra taxes for these guns or worry about certain rules that some states might try to add.