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NFA Freedom Alliance

The NFAFA is the strongest direct action/lobbying organization working at the state and federal level to ease restrictions on the ownership, manufacture, sale, and use of items regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA).

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NFA Freedom Alliance
1505 West Saint Mary’s Road #217
Tucson, Arizona 85745

520-404-8096

About the NFA Freedom Alliance

The NFA Freedom Alliance (NFAFA) is a Tucson, Arizona-based lobbying group focused on the owners, makers and dealers of items regulated under the National Firearms Act of 1934: suppressors, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and machine guns. It announced its formation on October 6, 2014, with veteran Second Amendment lobbyist Todd J. Rathner as executive director. Rathner served on the NRA Board of Directors from 1999 until February 2022, was Director of Legislative Affairs for Knife Rights, and played a key role in Arizona’s 2010 constitutional carry law.

The group’s main stated goal at launch was passing “Shall Certify” laws in all 50 states. These laws require a chief law enforcement officer to sign off on NFA transfer paperwork within a set time when the applicant is not legally barred from owning firearms, which offsets the effects of the ATF’s 41P rule on NFA trusts. NFAFA also pressed to replace weaker “defense to prosecution” suppressor statutes in Alaska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Washington with laws that make NFA items affirmatively legal to own. Those issues are still central to NFA owners as suppressor and short-barreled firearm laws continue to change at the state and federal levels.

Key Facts

  • 1999: Todd Rathner elected to the NRA Board of Directors
  • 2010: Rathner helps pass Arizona’s constitutional carry law
  • October 6, 2014: NFA Freedom Alliance announces its formation
  • November 2014: NFAFA publishes its position on defense-to-prosecution statutes
  • February 2022: Rathner resigns from the NRA Board

Learn More

  • NFA Buyers Guide.com covers NFA history and ownership

Sources

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