Jeanine Ferris Pirro, a high-ranking Trump appointee serving as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, recently shocked gun rights supporters by threatening to arrest law-abiding gun owners who bring firearms into the nation’s capital. This represents a major shift in messaging that has created a firestorm among Republicans and Second Amendment advocates.
According to Newsweek, Pirro delivered a stern warning on television, making it clear that licenses from other states won’t protect gun owners in D.C. “You bring a gun into this district, count on going to jail, and hope you get the gun back,” she stated. She added that she doesn’t care if someone has a license in another district or is a law-abiding gun owner elsewhere.
