Lauren Boebert’s New Bill Targeting Gun Taxes Brings Famous SNL Skit To Mind

Republican Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert’s latest bill is already catching eyes – and we’re just imagining a scene akin to a famous “Saturday Night Live” sketch if that bill she introduced Wednesday becomes law.

Boebert launched herself into the public consciousness in a 2019 incident where she went viral after she told then-Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke point-blank, “Hell, no,” when it came to his proposal for an Australia-style law targeting modern semiautomatic firearms. That eventually propelled her into the United States House of Representatives, where she’s now co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus.

Boebert wants to zero out every remaining tax from the National Firearms Act (NFA), according to a Wednesday release. Boebert’s bill, the Freedom from Taxes Act or HR 8921, does the same thing for “machine guns” and “destructive devices,” and could go into the next reconciliation bill sent to President Donald Trump.

The reconciliation bill signed into law by Trump on July 4, 2025, contained provisions that reduced the taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and guns described as “any other weapon” to $0 after the Senate Parliamentarian struck