ABOLISH THE HUGHES AMENDMENT!

GOA-backed legislation introduced by Rep. Jimmy Patronis repeals the Hughes Amendment, making post-1986 machineguns legal…

Representative Jimmy Patronis has just introduced a GOA-backed bill: the “Firearm Freedom Act”

This bill fully repeals the dreaded Hughes Amendment, which banned the sale of automatic firearms manufactured after 1986.

The Hughes Amendment was an unconstitutional “poison pill” in the Firearm Owners Protection Act that should have never passed.

We’re calling on our GOA grassroots members to tell their elected Representatives to co-sponsor this bill!

REP. PATRONIS’ BILL: THE “FIREARM FREEDOM ACT OF 2026”

Rep. Patronis’ Bill, the Firearm Freedom Act— would repeal the worst part of the 1986 Firearm Owner Protection Act:

The Hughes Amendment.

During the passage of FOPA, Rep. William J. Hughes, a Democrat from New Jersey, offered up an amendment.

That amendment, passed by an unrecorded “voice vote” added a ban on machineguns made after the signing of the bill— May 19th,1986.

Ever since that day, Gun Owners of America has fought hard to overturn the Hughes Amendment because…

The Second Amendment includes automatic firearms.

Rep. Patronis’ GOA-backed legislation corrects this unconstitutional wrong that was perpetrated on gun owners.

That’s why we need GOA members to urge their Representatives to cosponsor Rep. Patronis’ bill.

Here’s what Rep. Jimmy Patronis had to say about his legislation:

“I’m proud to introduce the Firearm Freedom Act to defend the Second Amendment, and I’m grateful for the support of Gun Owners of America, as we fight to protect gun owners across this country.

“For too long, Washington bureaucrats have tried to chip away at the freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution.

“The Firearm Freedom Act pushes back against that overreach and stands up for the rights afforded to all Americans.”

Let’s make machineguns great again!