Kansas senator proposes scrapping regulations for sawed-off shotguns

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) has introduced legislation to remove short-barreled rifles and shotguns, commonly known as “sawed-off shotguns,” from being regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA).

Marshall’s measure, known as the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act, would amend current federal law to remove short-barrel firearms from the NFA classification. If passed, certain taxes and restrictions on these weapons would be removed.

The SHORT Act takes a step toward rolling back nonsensical regulations that the NFA has placed upon gun owners.

I challenge my colleagues to pass this legislation and join me in fully restoring and protecting our God-given Second Amendment rights.https://t.co/kjTaIKfS3T

— Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) March 27, 2025

Sawed-off shotguns are seen as dangerous because of their concealability and increased risk for unintended targets to be hit.

U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), who sponsored the House version of the SHORT Act, railed the Biden administration for using NFA to “infringe” on Second Amendment rights.

“The Biden-Harris Administration dangerously weaponized the draconian National Firearms Act to further infringe on Americans’ Second Amendment liberties,” Clyde said last month.

The NFA was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1934, and it was later amended in 1968 and 1986.