Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act aims to redefine firearms to exclude certain short-barreled weapons.
The Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act, also known as the SHORT Act, seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code to exclude short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and other specified weapons from the definition of firearms under the National Firearms Act. This change would affect how these weapons are treated in terms of registration, licensing, and taxation. The bill also mandates the destruction of certain records related to these weapons within a year of enactment. The changes are intended to eliminate disparate treatment of these weapons used for lawful purposes.
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