Category: Politics

Trump: ‘Gun Doesn’t Do the Shooting, People Do’ Infuriates Antis

President Donald Trump has slapped anti-gunners with the wet towel of common sense, and it is clear from their reaction that they don’t like it.

Responding to questions about the tragic double shooting at Florida State University, which left two people dead and six others injured, the president told reporters, “These things are terrible, but the gun doesn’t do the shooting — the people do.”

CBS News noted another Trump reaction, “As far as legislation is concerned, this has been going on for a long time. I have an obligation to protect the Second Amendment. I ran on the Second Amendment, among many other things, and I will always protect the Second Amendment.”

Does this mean Trump will henceforth be recognized as the champion of Second Amendment rights? Probably not, since someone, somewhere will undoubtedly complain about something. But it does put him several notches higher than many, if not most, of his predecessors.

Writing at MSNBC, Steve Benen, producer for the Rachel Maddow Show, argued, “I suppose there’s a degree of truth to that — guns don’t pull their own triggers — but it’s also true that killers don’t throw their bullets at their victims. Rather, they use weapons, and those weapons can be regulated by the state.”

This may be one of those, “Well, we’ll see about that” moments, now that Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced the creation of a “Second Amendment Task Force” which will “combine department-wide policy and litigation resources to advance President Trump’s pro-gun agenda and protect gun owners from overreach.”

In her now-famous memorandum to all DOJ employees two weeks ago, AG Bondi stated, “For too long, the Second Amendment, which establishes the fundamental individual right of Americans to keep and bear arms, has been treated as a second-class right. No more… President Trump has made protecting the Second Amendment rights a priority for this administration.”

That said, the president’s reaction to the FSU shooting, which was allegedly committed by Phoenix Ikner, stepson of a Leon County sheriff’s deputy, using one of her firearms. That gun was recovered at the scene, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. Ikner is now in custody, having been shot during the incident.

Trump’s comments on the shooting are not unlike something one might hear from any Second Amendment activist. The alleged shooter is the only person responsible for the crime, for which there is presently no known motive. From Trump’s perspective, there is no reason to penalize every Florida gun owner—or all gun owners in the nation—for the murderous act.

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Bills Protecting Veteran Second Amendment Rights Hit The House And Senate

A pair of companion bills currently making rounds in the House and Senate seek to protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans by preventing Veterans Affairs (VA) from reporting names to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) as a routine part of benefit-related actions. According to the authors of the bills, the NICS system uses those reports to strip veterans of their right to purchase and possess firearms without the same due process afforded to American citizens who did not serve in the military because the process doesn’t include a court finding that the veteran is a danger to themselves or others.

Republican Representative Mike Bost from Illinois, the bill’s sponsor, and House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs chairman, spoke about H.R. 1041, which has over 50 Republican co-sponsors, at a February 25 hearing.

“This bill is not about guns on demand… It’s about giving veterans the same due process as every other American,” said Bost.

The issue stems from a VA-appointed fiduciary program intended to assist veterans in managing their benefits and finances. Bost says that such an appointment has nothing to do with a veteran’s propensity to be a danger to the public and should not affect their NICS background checks in such a way that deprives them of their Second Amendment rights, which some veterans say discourages or prevents them from seeking mental health care.

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Trump Snubs NRA Convention

For the first time since 2015, President Donald Trump won’t be speaking at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meeting.

On Tuesday, the NRA confirmed President Trump would not be attending the event in Atlanta, Georgia, at the end of the month. It also said it had canceled the Leadership Forum, the part of the conference where Trump and other politicians usually address NRA members. It cited scheduling conflicts as the reason for Trump’s absence.

“Though President Trump is unable to attend the NRA’s 2025 Annual Meeting, he is always welcome on our stage to address our members and has done so on nine occasions over the last decade,” the NRA told The Reload. “As an NRA Life Member himself, President Trump remains a steadfast advocate for NRA members and a champion for the right to keep and bear arms. Considering the high level and pace of work being done by his administration on many fronts to make America great again and put America first on the world stage, we can understand that he has a complex, ever-moving schedule.”

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on President Trump’s decision not to speak. However, this is not the first NRA event he has canceled in recent months. At the end of the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump canceled a planned rally with the group in the swing state of Georgia.

The abrupt end to Trump’s streak of speaking at the NRA’s biggest gathering of the year, which draws tens of thousands of visitors, comes as his administration has taken a slower approach to gun policy reforms than most other areas. The White House left gun policy off its list of priorities, and Trump skipped it altogether during his record-long speech to a joint session of Congress in March. The decision to skip the NRA speech also reflects his diminishing relationship with the organization as it has struggled to pull out of a half-decade-long tailspin, resulting from former NRA leader Wayne LaPierre’s long-running financial impropriety.

In 2016, the NRA was one of the only major national groups to spend big on Trump’s candidacy. It poured over $50 million into that election, and its membership rose to all-time highs under his first term. It had direct access to Trump during much of his first term as well, with LaPierre and former-NRA lobbyist Chris Cox having Oval Office meetings with him.

However, shortly after Trump spoke at the 2019 Annual Meeting, news of LaPierre’s misuse of NRA funds caused a brewing leadership battle to boil over into public view. That fight lasted years and ended with the firing of Cox, loss of millions of members, as well as the ouster of LaPierre and a court finding he was liable for millions in damages. It also took a toll on the NRA’s ability to fundraise and spend in elections, with the group spending less and less through Trump’s subsequent presidential runs.

Still, the gun-rights group has remained a strong backer of Trump throughout that time. It has rarely publicly disagreed with him. The only notable times the NRA has criticized Trump came after he declared he wasn’t beholden to the group in the wake of the 2018 Parkland shooting, backing unrealized new gun restrictions, and he unilaterally banned bump stocks after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting–which the Supreme Court eventually found unconstitutional.

The NRA also backed Trump during the 2024 Republican primary, despite Florida Governor Ron DeSantis initially positioning himself to the right of Trump on guns. They brought Trump in to speak to NRA members at multiple Annual Meetings during his numerous criminal prosecutions, one of which ended in a felony conviction that bars him from owning guns. During his 2023 Annual Meeting speech, Trump even claimed he and the NRA were facing similar legal persecution at the hands of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D.).

“The very same raging radical left lunatic attorney general that is coming after me in New York state is also waging war on the NRA, shamefully trying to destroy this legendary organization that’s been an American institution since 1871,” Trump said at the time. “They better endorse me again or they’re going to have some explaining to do.”

The NRA also invited Trump to speak to members in Pennsylvania before he had wrapped up the nomination. Trump made a series of promises to undo President Joe Biden’s gun rules during that February 2024 event. The NRA formally endorsed him a short time later.

Still, a source familiar with the discussion about canceling Trump’s speech to the NRA, who asked to remain anonymous to speak candidly, said the group has “fallen out of favor.” Although reformers have gained control of NRA leadership in the wake of the ruling against LaPierre and the group has already instituted some changes with more promised, the moves haven’t yet left a positive impression in the White House. That’s at least in part because the President “doesn’t even have any idea who runs NRA anymore or what they do.”

While Trump has put gun policy on the back burner and is well behind his own timetable to implement pro-gun reforms, the NRA has yet to criticize him during his still-young second term. The group has instead focused on the policy moves the Trump Administration has announced thus far. While it’s behind schedule, Trump did order the Department of Justice to review executive branch gun policies–which recently led to the official elimination of the Biden-era “zero tolerance” ATF policy toward gun dealer malfeasance or mistakes.

“In just over 80 days since he took office, President Trump has already made critical changes to safeguard the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans,” the NRA said. “This includes rolling back radical administrative rules instituted by the Biden-Harris administration and ordering the Attorney General to expose work by various government agencies and bureaus that limit the gun rights of lawful citizens.”

The NRA doesn’t appear to be changing tack despite Trump’s decision not to speak. Instead of complaining about Trump skipping its meeting, the NRA chastised Congress for not sending a reciprocity bill to his desk.

“President Trump has pledged to sign national concealed carry reciprocity into law,” the group said. “Congress should deliver this bill to his desk. We look forward to continuing our partnership with President Trump and his administration to further strengthen Second Amendment freedoms.”

The Senate version of concealed carry reciprocity currently has 46 co-sponsors, none of whom are Democrats, putting it well short of the 60-vote threshold likely needed to make it to President Trump’s desk.

The NRA’s 2025 Annual Meeting will take place at the Georgia World Congress Center from April 24th through the 27th. It’s not clear what, if anything, will replace the Leadership Forum.

The Pentagon Must Go on the Offensive to Defeat Politicized Officers.

That Space Force colonel in command in Greenland – well, formerly in command in Greenland – who ran her fool mouth to undermine her commander-in-chief demonstrates an all-too-common problem with today’s senior military officers.

We keep seeing these passive-aggressive, and not so passively aggressive, officers acting out and throwing childish tantrums of resistance to the President that the people of the United States elected. It’s inconceivable to those of us from the military who won the Cold War; we stayed the hell out of politics. Somehow, they must have missed that civilian control block of instruction; non-partisanship is a vital principle of our officer corps.

To be political on duty is a violation of our oaths. It’s a violation of our ethos as officers. And it’s got to be brutally crushed – even Barack Obama understood that when he properly canned General Stanley McChrystal for having a staff that thought it was okay to diss the President to reporters (incredibly, after this massive leadership failure, McChrystal has gone on to sell his leadership insights to eager civilian suckers, but that’s another story).

We simply cannot have a functioning military that tolerates individuals putting their own personal prerogatives ahead of the mission – and that’s exactly what this political posturing is.

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Colorado Enacts Sweeping Gun Law: What SB25-003 Means for Firearm Owners

On April 10, 2025, Colorado’s Senate Bill 25-003 was signed into law by Governor Jared Polis on April 10, 2025. The passage of this bill represents one of the most significant changes to gun regulations in the state’s history. This legislation establishes a first-of-its-kind permit-to-purchase system for certain semiautomatic firearms while prohibiting rapid-fire conversion devices.

SB25-003, officially titled “Semiautomatic Firearms & Rapid-Fire Devices,” fundamentally changes how Coloradans can purchase certain types of firearms. The law criminalizes the manufacture, distribution, transfer, and purchase of specific semiautomatic weapons without proper permitting. It specifically covers the following firearms:

  • Semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines
  • Semiautomatic shotguns with detachable magazines
  • Gas-operated semiautomatic handguns with detachable magazines[

Importantly, the legislation does not affect most handguns (which are typically recoil-operated), shotguns with fixed magazines, or semiautomatic firearms with fixed magazines holding 15 rounds or less.

Rather than imposing an outright ban, Colorado’s SB25-003 introduces a detailed permitting process for individuals seeking to purchase certain semiautomatic firearms. Under the new law, prospective buyers must first apply to their county sheriff for a course eligibility card. This application requires a government-issued photo ID, a name-based background check, and a signed affirmation that the applicant complies with all relevant firearm laws.

Once eligibility is established, applicants must complete a firearms safety course. Those who already hold hunter education certification may take a basic four-hour course. Those without such certification must complete an extended 12-hour course conducted over at least two days. After completing the training, applicants are required to pass a final examination with a minimum score of 90 percent.

Permits issued under this process are valid for five years. Once expired, individuals must repeat the entire application, training, and testing process to obtain a new permit.

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Bill to bar giving guns to certain mental health patients stalls until 2026

A bill that would criminalize knowingly giving firearms to someone who recently received inpatient mental health treatment was pushed to 2026 on Wednesday  amid questions about its language.

Rep. Shaundelle Brooks, a Hermitage Democrat, named the bill “Akilah’s Law” in honor of her son Akilah Dasilva, who was killed in a mass shooting at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018.

The shooter, Travis Reinking of Morton, Illinois, had a history of schizophrenia and delusions. Prior to the shooting, Illinois State Police had revoked his firearm owner identification card, forcing him to surrender his guns to his father. His father then returned the guns to Reinking, breaking Illinois state law.

Tennessee bars giving firearms to juveniles or intoxicated people, but not those who have been committed for mental health evaluation.

Brooks said her bill intends to bring Tennessee in line with the Illinois law that prohibits someone from giving or selling a firearm to a person who has been a patient in a mental health institution within five years.

Brooks’ bill passed the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee in late March, but questions over the bill’s scope and language arose in the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 8. 

Sen. Paul Rose, a Southwest Tennessee Republican, asked for clarity on what the bill defines as a “mental health institution” and what it means to be “admitted.” Rose questioned whether a person who makes routine visits to a mental health provider for medication would be considered a patient of a mental health institution under the bill’s definition.

The bill’s Senate sponsor, Memphis Democrat Raumesh Akbari, said she did not believe the bill would apply in that case.

Elliot Pinsly, president and CEO of the Behavioral Health Foundation, said the way the legislation is written could have a “chilling effect on people’s willingness to seek mental health treatment in Tennessee.” Pinsly, a licensed clinical social worker, founded the policy-focused nonprofit in 2020.

“The actual bill makes it a crime punishable by up to one year imprisonment to sell, give or otherwise transfer a firearm to a person who has received just about any kind of mental health care or addiction treatment in the past five years, voluntary or involuntary, outpatient or inpatient,” Pinsly said.

Facing uncertainty on the outcome of a committee vote, Akbari chose to move the bill to the general subcommittee, essentially putting it on ice until it can be resurrected in 2026.

“I look forward to Representative Brooks continuing to move this through the House … I will be working with all members on this committee so that we can reach a solution so we can really protect folks in Tennessee,” Akbari said.

Missouri House lawmakers vote to allow guns on public transit and lower concealed carry age

A bill passed by the Missouri House Thursday would make it legal to bring guns on public transportation and lower the minimum age for a concealed carry permit.

House Bill 328 passed the House 106-45. It now goes to the Senate.

Currently, it’s illegal to bring guns on public transit even with a concealed carry permit. Supporters of the bill say it would allow passengers to protect themselves and safeguard Second Amendment rights.

“It’s about time that we allow those people who use public transportation to exercise the same rights as everyone else in our state,” said bill sponsor Tim Taylor, R-Bunceton.

However, opponents say that the bill would only endanger passengers, not make them safer.

“More access to guns does nothing to improve public safety,” said Rep. Yolanda Young, D-Kansas City. “More access to guns doesn’t decrease gun deaths. It does the opposite.”

The bill would also lower the minimum age to acquire a concealed carry permit from 19 to 18. Currently, 18-year-olds can only get permits if they are members of the military.

“That means high school kids could legally carry concealed weapons,” said House Minority Leader Ashley Aune, D-Kansas City. “What could go wrong with that?”

Ohio enacts new law impacting purchasing guns

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A new law which took effect Wednesday in Ohio is poised to significantly impact gun owners’ rights.

Senate Bill 58, signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine in January, is being hailed by gun advocates as a victory for Second Amendment supporters.

Eric Delbert, owner of LEPD Firearms and Range, expressed relief over the new legislation.

“Giving people the ability to have that Second Amendment and purchase firearms comes with a lot,” Delbert said. “Taking this out of the mix is really a headache we were concerned about for the last couple of years now knowing that going forward that’s something we don’t have to worry about.”

The law introduces two major changes: it prevents financial institutions from tracking transactions made at gun stores and prohibits the requirement of firearm liability insurance for gun owners.

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Colorado Republicans Urge Polis To Veto Gun Control

Colorado’s Republican congressional delegation is urging Governor Jared Polis to veto recent legislation that forces residents who wish to exercise their Second Amendment rights to submit to a training program and an illegal gun owner registry. Senate Bill 003 was introduced to ban the sale of all semi-automatic magazine-fed firearms. Those plans changed quickly when it became apparent that Polis was uncomfortable with such a sweeping ban. More accurately, the governor was worried about recall petitions and voter backlash as experienced during the state’s 2013 gun control debacle.

A spokeswoman for the governor tried to absolve him of responsibility and appeal to Constitutionally-minded Americans by pointing out that the bill’s revision wouldn’t include any bans on firearms, carving a path by which residents may continue to exercise their rights so long as they participate in the licensing and registry scam. Polis’ office also put Republicans on notice, presenting SB 003 as veiled negotiation leverage to prevent Medicaid cuts and provide support for his opposition to President Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

“We appreciate hearing from members of Congress, and this goes both ways… For example, the governor strongly requests that they don’t make devastating cuts to Medicaid that will throw Coloradans off of health care and raise costs for everyone, and that they stop the president’s tariff tax hike – one of the largest in history — which is raising costs on Coloradans and businesses across the state,” said the governor’s press secretary, Shelby Wieman.

I hope people can see the forest through the bureaucratic trees here. Governor Polis’ office ultimately telling Americans that he is willing to spend their tax dollars to compromise their civil rights so that he can then use the suppression of those rights as a bargaining chip to get something else he wants, which will, of course, also come at an expense to the taxpayer. Furthermore, offering consolation prizes like unlawful licensing and registry scams in the place of an illegal ban is about as smarmy and villainous as it gets. Tell me you’re a criminal scumbag without telling me you’re a criminal scumbag.

Efforts urging Polis to, at least, pretend to be American, were organized by Representative Jeff Crank, and signed by fellow Republicans Lauren Boebert, Gabe Evans, and Jeff Hurd in a letter pointing out to the governor that the changes made to the bill do not make it any more appealing or any less of an infringement on the right to bear arms.

“Colorado has a proud history of safeguarding its citizens’ constitutional right to bear arms. Yet, for the past decade, the Colorado State Legislature has relentlessly pursued ever-increasing restrictions on responsible gun owners. If you fail to take a firm stance against these radical attempts to undermine our rights, you will only serve to empower criminals at the expense of law-abiding citizens,” the letter reads.

The letter also clarifies that SB 003 is inconsistent with United States Supreme Court rulings in Heller and Bruen, which protect firearms in common use and set guidelines for historical analysis as a basis for regulation and restriction.

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House Bill Seeks to Remove SBRs from National Firearms Act

Short-barrel rifles, or SBRs, are probably the most accessible NFA items out there. Yeah, you have to jump through the regulatory hoops for an NFA item in general, but once you do, you can just slap a new AR upper on your rifle or replace a pistol brace with a stock (back when that was an option) and you’re ready to roll.

But they really shouldn’t be on the NFA at all.

I get why they’re there. Short-barreled weapons like sawed-off shotguns might have been pretty common for gangsters and others to use back in the day, but the law didn’t stop people from using a hacksaw on Granpa’s old 12-gauge. Even so, they aren’t all that commonly used for violent crime these days, and I have doubts about how common they were back in the pre-NFA era.

So yeah, it’s stupid.

Now, a bill has been introduced to change that.

 Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) is reintroducing the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act on Thursday to remove onerous restrictions on short-barreled rifles, shotguns, and other firearms.

The bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code if 1986 and remove these firearms from the National Firearms Act (NFA) classification. If passed, it would rescind the extra restrictions and taxes imposed on those who own these weapons.

Sen. Marshall argued that “’Shall not be infringed is crystal clear – and the Biden-era abuses of the Constitutionally protected rights of gun owners across the country need to be undone.”

The SHORT Act takes a step toward rolling back nonsensical regulations that the National Firearms Act has placed upon gun owners. I challenge my colleagues in both chambers to pass this legislation and join me in fully restoring and protecting our God-given Second Amendment rights.

Marshall and other lawmakers first introduced the measure in 2023.

The SHORT Act will remove language treating certain types of shotguns as “destructive devices” while doing away with the $5 transfer tax for “any firearm classified as any other weapon.”

The bill also seeks to negate state-level prohibitions on these weapons and even includes language that would override licensing requirements, saying, “any person who acquires or possesses such rifle, shotgun, or other weapon … shall be treated as meeting any such registration or licensing requirement.”

So, yeah, kinda big.

Now, the question is whether this will go anywhere.

I’m a little more optimistic than I might have been a few days ago, thanks to the National Constitutional Carry Reciprocity Act advancing, but I do have my doubts about this making it to President Donald Trump’s desk.

It would have to go through the Senate, and as things currently stand there, I suspect this would never get a vote thanks to the filibuster. As I’ve said before, it kept a lot of bad gun laws from getting passed, but now it’s going to keep some good ones from getting passed, too.

But who knows, I may well be wrong. It’s happened before and will happen again, so why not on this?

The truth is that SBRs are demonized as somehow particularly dangerous weapons, mostly because they’re viewed as more concealable, but the fact that things like AR-pistols aren’t used in nearly as many crimes as some might like to believe kind of negates this argument, especially since the AR-style firearms are kind of like an adult Mr. Potatohead in that you can mix, match, and customize all you want, without needing a gunsmith to make many of the modifications.

If someone wants an illegal SBR, they can get one. You’re not stopping them.

But, as per usual with gun control, it does stop the law-abiding gun owner who might like a smaller, more compact and lightweight firearm for home defense purposes or just because they think it’s neat.

I’m praying this one passes. It should because there’s no reason for these guns to be NFA items, even if I thought there were validity to the NFA as a whole. I don’t, so that just gives me another reason to see these removed.

Smart move. All those nomination of sitting Representatives was worrysome.

White House Withdraws Stefanik U.N. Ambassador Nomination to Protect GOP’s Tight Congressional Majority.

The Trump administration is withdrawing its nomination of Representative Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) to serve as the next Ambassador to the United Nations to help protect the slim Republican majority in the House.

“With a very tight Majority, I don’t want to take a chance on anyone else running for Elise’s seat. The people love Elise and, with her, we have nothing to worry about come Election Day. There are others that can do a good job at the United Nations. Therefore, Elise will stay in Congress, rejoin the House Leadership Team, and continue to fight for our amazing American People,” President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social.

“I look forward to the day when Elise is able to join my Administration in the future. She is absolutely FANTASTIC. Thank you Elise!”

President Trump nominated Stefanik for the position in November shortly after his decisive election victory, rewarding one of his strongest allies in the House and a leading advocate against antisemitism on college campuses.

A strong supporter of Israel, Stefanik was expected to be easily confirmed by the GOP-controlled Senate as it attempts to push through Trump’s nominees as quickly as possible. Her confirmation hearing was set to take place in early April after House Republicans passed several pieces of legislation with her vote.

Stefanik currently represents New York’s 21st congressional district, a safely Republican seat she won in 2024 with 62 percent of the vote. New York would have held a special election for her seat upon her resignation and confirmation. Republicans have become wary about special elections to state and federal offices because of high turnout and enthusiasm from Democratic voters compared to the lower participation rates among the increasingly diverse and working-class GOP electorate.

“It is well known Republicans have a razor-thin House majority, and Elise’s agreement to withdraw her nomination will allow us to keep one of the toughest, most resolute members of our Conference in place to help drive forward President Trump’s America First policies,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) posted on X.

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Never interrupt the enemy when he’s making a mistake.

Chuck Schumer rejects calls to step down as Senate Democratic leader.

WASHINGTON — A defiant Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed that he won’t step aside as the chamber’s top Democrat, rejecting calls from some House colleagues and liberal advocates critical of his move to help pass a Republican funding bill.

“Look, I’m not stepping down,” Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a taped interview that aired Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”

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Keep right on talking Chuck…….

WINNING: CA Democrat Withdraws His Own Anti-Self Defense Bill in State Assembly

In a victory for common sense, human rights, and the Second Amendment, a California Democrat assemblyman, Rick Zbur, has withdrawn his own bill, which would have gutted legal protections for innocent citizens who use force in self-defense.

The California Globe has more details on AB 1333:

Assemblyman Rick Zbur (D-Los Angeles) announced late on Wednesday that he would be withdrawing his new self-defense limitation bill following significant public backlash and confusing language in the bill.

Assembly Bill 1333, which was introduced last month, would have eliminated certain circumstances under which homicide is justifiable, including, among others, in defense of a habitation or property. The bill would have also additionally clarified circumstances in which homicide is not justifiable, including, among others, when a person uses more force than necessary to defend against a danger.

Zbur said that AB 1333 would simply close a “legal loophole” over public confrontations and then claiming self-defense. However, AB 1333 instead sparking public outrage. Many pointed out that the bill would severely limit self defense against crime and leave open questions into when homicide was and wasn’t legal.

In non-political speech, this law could have implemented serious legal dangers, with one GOP assemblyman calling it a “complete assault on self defense.” Both Republicans and Democrats balked, forcing Zbur to withdraw the bill:

“This bill is a complete assault on self defense!” said Assemblyman Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) last month. “Imagine this: A violent criminal breaks into your home, and YOU have to second-guess whether defending your family is ‘justifiable.’ The misguided energy behind this proposal is beyond comprehension.”

Flooded with criticism from both Republicans and some Democrats, Zbur swiftly responded on X, saying that he wanted to target vigilantes and that AB 1333 would be amended soon to clarify the bill language.

As with so many poorly thought-out gun and self-defense laws, this proposal would never have any effect on criminals but would only serve to place innocent citizens in the position to choose between suffering a criminal attack or suffering legal hassles and possible jail time.

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The demoncraps thought they had him pinned down, but like Antaeus who regained his strength when he touched the earth, Trump grew more powerful. He has mentally broken them.
The problem is that the insane often are quite dangerous

Democrats Locked in Their Own Hell

What is the Democrat message? Do they even know?

Is the Democrat message pure Jacobin hatred for anything pro-American and anything that could be considered pro-President Donald Trump?

They’re feral creatures now, lonely, isolated, frightened without leadership, desperate for relevance, without any cogent message, terrified at what’s to become of them.

And quite mad, like inmates in Victorian lunatic asylum.

The other day Democrat pundit Chris Matthews appeared on a “Morning Joe” panel on left-wing MSNBC. He skipped the old Trump is Hitler shtick, ranting instead that Trump was Mussolini. He might as well have channeled the lunatic Renfield from an old Dracula movie, laughing maniacally, chanting “the blood is the life! the blood is the life!”

Some kind soul might tell Matthews and other MSNBC attention seekers that the blood of rats and birds and flies are not the life. Nor is jabbering paranoia. For political parties, votes are the life. And they keep losing them. Americans appeal to common sense, not to mad ravings.

Long ago, the Democrat Party had a choice:

Cleanse themselves of their Barack Obama infection, cleanse themselves of Obama’s racist and radical addiction to racial preferences that we now know as DEI, amputate any limbs that had become sodden with jacobin  gangrene and become what they had been: a patriotic American party of the American working class.

Or, they could continue following the discredited Clintons and Obamas down the sewer.

The Democrats chose the sewer.

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MSNBC Panel: Democrats Really FUBAR’d the Moment, Huh?

Ya think?

Give credit to Symone Sanders and Michael Steele for being honest about Democrats’ abject strategic and tactical failures last night. But also consider the fact that they had little choice in the matter, after watching Democrats as a body soil the sheets on national TV.

“Republicans were not coming to play,” Steele noted, as though anything about Donald Trump’s triumphant return after four years of Democrat lawfare suggested anything different. Not to mention that the Democrats had spent the better part of two days leaking plans to organize disruptions to Trump’s speech to Congress, which at one point included noisemakers as well as “bingo signs,” which were every bit as stupid as Sanders and Steele describe. (Wait until the meme-makers get done with them. Those won’t be back.)

But none of the panel truly gets what went wrong for Democrats last night:

 

Put aside the complaint that Al Green was somehow treated unfairly or differently than Lauren Boebert or Marjorie Taylor Greene. (Take that complaint to Nancy Pelosi, who sat through last night’s speech looking utterly defeated.) Republicans knew better than to stage an organized food fight at a State of the Union or quasi-SOTU event. Why? Because presidents have the tactical and strategic advantage, especially when his party controls Congress.

James Carville used the analogy of Pickett’s Charge recently. For those who haven’t studied Gettysburg, Pickett’s Charge lost Robert E. Lee the battle and the war by ordering an infantry charge on the center of a fortified Union line across nearly a mile of open ground, on the military basis of We’re right and they’re not. Pickett’s forces — some of them — actually made it to the line, but his command was destroyed, and Lee was forced to retreat from then until Appomattox.

That’s exactly what happened last night, and it’s even more inexplicable than Lee’s decision at Gettysburg. The American people rejected Democrats and chose Trump despite four or even nine straight years of exactly this kind of attack on him. Trump triumphed over the ankle-biting as well as the lawfare, and despite the character assassinations Democrats have staged on Trump and his supporters. The last place to use those same strategies and tactics is in a place where Trump easily commands the high ground — cameras, the microphone, and the attention — especially since it has been blindingly clear that he loves doing battle.

Steele suggested that Democrats shouldn’t have shown up at all. That would have been a bad choice too; it would have made them look like absconders rather than responsible legislators, only willing to participate in civic duties when they’re in charge. It still would have been a better choice than what unfolded last night. To answer McCaskill’s question more fully, they should have sat quietly, gotten it over with, and afterward started listening more than talking. Instead, they sounded like unruly radicals, and acted like fools.

If they would stop emoting and start listening, they might understand why a new CBS poll shows that three out of every four viewers approved of Trump’s speech, even though only 51% of the viewers identified as Republicans. It’s because Trump used the speech to position himself on the 80% side of the 80/20 issues Americans care most about:

– 77% support his plan to cut government waste and spending

– 77% back his immigration and border policies

– 76% approve of Trump’s speech

– 76% approve of removing congressmen who interrupted his speech

– 74% say his speech was presidential

– 73% support his stance on Russia and Ukraine

– 68% say it made them feel hopeful and proud

– 68% say he has a clear plan to tackle inflation

– 68% say he accurately described America’s crime crisis

– 63% say he focused on issues they care about

In other words, Trump set a trap for Democrats who couldn’t have telegraphed their foolish strategy and tactics more loudly than if they’d exhumed Samuel Morse himself to do it. And Democrat leadership — not the Boeberts and the MTGs, but party leadership — led them on a Pickett’s Charge right into it, with crazy Al Green waving his walking stick to lead the charge.

Now Democrats look like a party that can’t even break free of their toxic Trump derangement long enough to stand for a child suffering from brain cancer, or a young man whose dream of serving his country through West Point has come true. Democrats are utterly lost because they stand for nothing except raw power to benefit themselves, and only themselves. And without any other real purpose, the only strategy that they can see is to stupidly charge at all times under the military doctrine of We’re right and they’re not.

Maybe they should learn from history rather than trying to edit it.