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The National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) established a $200 tax on silencers, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and other firearms that also required additional federal registration to obtain.

U.S. Pardon Attorney Edward Martin said the new program provides a pathway for approximately 30 million Americans who have lost their Second Amendment rights. “President Trump keeps making history — this time by his unprecedented restoration of firearms rights to millions of Americans,” Martin said. “Over the past months, we have worked at the direction of Attorney General Todd Blanche to build a program to give a pathway for restoration for the 30 million Americans who have lost their Second Amendment rights.”

“NRA has long championed full restoration of Second Amendment rights for individuals who paid their debts to society and who are not demonstrably dangerous to public safety,” John Commerford, Executive Director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, told The Daily Wire. “While the final rule falls short on a few of these suggestions, it is an important step in the right direction.”

The signed final rule was submitted to the Office of the Federal Register and will take effect 30 days after publication, according to the Justice Department. The department noted that the version available before publication is unofficial and that the version published in the Federal Register will be the official text. Individuals seeking restoration of their federal firearm rights can visit the department’s Federal Firearm Rights Restoration Program website for eligibility information, application instructions and access to the application process, the release stated.

Appearing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” things got testy between Blanche and moderator Kristen Welker after she questioned how Trump’s decision to pardon the Capitol attackers, including 172 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers, on his first day in office is “consistent with your pledge to always protect law enforcement.”

Blanche’s confirmation earlier this month was partially stalled over the fund, which was intended to give payouts to Trump allies who claim mistreatment from the Biden-era Justice Department, including the Jan. 6 rioters. Blanche’s confirmation also has come into question amid concerns that his loyalty to Trump could cloud his decision-making.

Blanche didn’t directly answer. “The president will never ask me to do something unethical or illegal,” he replied. “He never has. He never will. And no, I swore to the Constitution of the United States like every Cabinet secretary has done and like every attorney general before me has done.”