Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., questions Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, at Oz's confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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.

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.