Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on November 6 told law enforcement and prosecutors that law-abiding residents may possess short-barreled rifles and shotguns without NFA registration, a tax stamp, or prosecution under section 790.221, and his office will not defend convictions based solely on missing federal approval. The guidance follows the One Big Beautiful Bill ending the $200 tax, a federal court ruling NFA registration unconstitutional, and ATF ending nationwide prior-approval enforcement for those firearms and suppressors, with other Gun Control Act rules remaining, mere possession not supplying reasonable suspicion or probable cause, and defending Second Amendment rights of peaceable citizens.