Trump prosecutor stuns MAGA with chilling Second Amendment threat: 'I don't care if you have a license'
By Ross Ibbetson
Daily Mail
Feb 3, 20226
US attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannine Pirro has threatened jail time for anyone who enters Washington armed, including anyone who is a law-abiding gun owner somewhere else.'
'I don't care if you have a license in another district, and I don't care if you are a law-abiding gun owner somewhere else.'
The declaration sparked a swift backlash from the Republican Party's powerful pro-Second Amendment wing.
Representative Greg Steube of Florida, a US Army veteran, wrote on X: 'I bring a gun into the district every week. I have a license in Florida and DC to carry. And I will continue to carry to protect myself and others. Come and take it!'
Thomas Massie of Kentucky said Pirro's statement was contradicted by a Supreme Court ruling.
'The District of Columbia has been "shall issue" since 2017 when the requirement that you must have a "good reason" to carry a handgun was struck down,' he posted on X. 'Non-residents can obtain a permit in DC - don't ask me how I know.'
The National Association for Gun Rights, an influential lobby group, said these were 'unacceptable and intolerable comments by a sitting US attorney'.
Representative Greg Steube of Florida and his wife Jennifer at the White House in June. Steube said, "I bring a gun into the district every week. I have a license in Florida and DC to carry. And I will continue to carry to protect myself and others. Come and take it!"
Pirro's comments come as the Trump administration has been increasingly at odds with Second Amendment supporters.
White House officials, including the President himself, sought to shift blame onto Alex Pretti for carrying a gun when he was shot dead by Border Patrol agents at a protest in Minneapolis last month.
'I don't like that he had a gun, I don't like that he had two fully loaded magazines, that's a lot of bad stuff,' Trump told reporters in Iowa last week.
A Second Amendment advocate told Politico after the President's comments: 'I've spent 72 hours on the phone trying to un-f*** this thing. Trump has got to correct his statements now.'
He warned that gun owners would be furious, adding that it imperiled the Republican Party ahead of the midterms: 'They will not come out and vote. He can't correct it three months before the election.'
Carrying a concealed firearm in Washington is legal for those who obtain a District-issued permit, which the Metropolitan Police Department is required to issue if the applicant passes the necessary checks.
The permit, which can be obtained by non-DC residents, is subject to strict background checks and requires mandatory training.
The District does not recognize concealed carry permits from any other state.
Possessing a firearm in DC without a permit is a felony punishable by up to five years in jail.
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