It is long past time for another federal amnesty for machine guns, suppressors, and all other items swept under the suffocating weight of the National Firearms Act. For nearly a century, our government has trampled on the Second Amendment, treating a constitutional right as a privilege to be taxed, restricted, and endlessly regulated. The plain truth is that the National Firearms Act was, and remains, an open violation of the right to keep and bear arms. Yet our courts have repeatedly turned their backs on this constitutional assault, refusing to restrain federal power or strike down the unlawful taxes and prohibitions that have smothered the freedoms of law-abiding Americans. In 1968, even Washington briefly acknowledged the injustice. During that rare moment, the government offered an amnesty, allowing the lawful registration of tens of thousands of NFA firearms, nearly 100,000 in all. But that mercy was fleeting; in the decades since, no administration has dared to extend such relie...