MAGA's Jimmy Patronis Wants To Legalize Machine Guns.
MAGA's Jimmy Patronis Wants To Legalize Machine Guns. Jimmy Patronis wants automatic weapons legal again. The gun lobby called his bill one of the most important in a generation. Defiant Donkey Sep 11 Jimmy Patronis wants to make machine guns legal again. He wrote the bill himself. The Gun Lobby Is Thrilled. A machine gun fires as fast as you can hold the trigger down. That’s exactly why new ones have been illegal to sell in America since 1986. In May 2026, Patronis introduced a bill to undo that ban. He’s the only name on it. His defense: “Why do we continue to put more impediments to owning firearms?” A gun lobby group called his bill “one of the most important Second Amendment bills introduced in a generation.” Gun violence prevention groups called it dangerous. He didn’t stop with machine guns. In August 2026, he joined nearly fifty Republicans pushing to make silencers and short-barreled rifles easier to get too. He’s a sitting congressman writing the bills that could put auto...