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Trump appointee threatens to arrest "law-abiding" gun owners
Newsweek via MSN ^ | Feb. 3, 2026 | Anna Commander

Posted on 02/03/2026 10:30:05 AM PST by GrootheWanderer

“You bring a gun into this district, count on going to jail, and hope you get the gun back.” Pirro said on Fox News Monday in part, adding, “I don’t care if you have a license in another district and I don’t care if you’re a law-abiding gun owner somewhere else.”

D.C. law requires firearm owners to register their weapons with local police and bars residents from registering certain semiautomatic rifles, effectively preventing civilian ownership of those models in the district, Axios reports.

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Again, why can't members of this administration keep their mouths shut about gun rights. The article notes the administration has taken some steps to weaken gun control in D.C. If she follows through on this, it's a big step backwards.
1 posted on 02/03/2026 10:30:05 AM PST by GrootheWanderer
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To: GrootheWanderer

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2 posted on 02/03/2026 10:31:03 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: GrootheWanderer

“A government that doesn’t trust its citizens with guns, can’t be trusted.” - Unk.


3 posted on 02/03/2026 10:33:17 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Cheech Frey and his sidekick, Timmy Chong have turned Minniesomalia into a Cheech & Chong movie.)
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To: GrootheWanderer

Consider the source...


4 posted on 02/03/2026 10:34:03 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: GrootheWanderer

“D.C. law requires firearm owners to register their weapons...”


D.C. law obviously needs to be changed. Pirro is simply stating that she will enforce the law as it now stands. We tend to object when the other sides ignores laws it doesn’t like.


5 posted on 02/03/2026 10:34:12 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Look at Iran.

Unarmed populace.


6 posted on 02/03/2026 10:34:52 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: GrootheWanderer

No she didn’t
Headline is flat out lie. DC LAW requires anyone who wants to carry in DC get a DC permit.


7 posted on 02/03/2026 10:34:57 AM PST by RWGinger
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To: GrootheWanderer

This is the downside to appointing a bunch of camera hounds to important governmental positions. These folks crave attention and will do anything to get it.


8 posted on 02/03/2026 10:35:08 AM PST by lodi90
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To: GrootheWanderer

Another New Yorker now in Washington DC. Down in her DNA, she thinks guns are illegal. She doesn’t even know she said anything wrong.


9 posted on 02/03/2026 10:36:03 AM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: GrootheWanderer

A judge should know the Constitution.


10 posted on 02/03/2026 10:36:11 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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If a license is required and you don’t have one you aren’t legal.

Reciprocity is their prerogative.


11 posted on 02/03/2026 10:36:50 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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She simply stated that your carry permit from any of the 50 states is not valid in DC. She is following the law whether it is popular or not.


12 posted on 02/03/2026 10:37:55 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: GrootheWanderer

And she works for Blondie, who is also anti-gun. And Trump at best is neutral to just adequate, but no superstar.
Scary to think that these are probably the best friends we have in government. That should give everybody pause.


13 posted on 02/03/2026 10:38:08 AM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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Yeah I like Judge Jeanine A LOT but this was wrong for her to say, I dont care if this comes out of the mouth of a Republican OR Democrat its plain wrong and I disagree with it


14 posted on 02/03/2026 10:38:15 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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"D.C. law requires firearm owners to register their weapons with local police and bars residents from registering certain semiautomatic rifles, effectively preventing civilian ownership of those models in the district."

How is that weakening gun control in D.C.? Pirro is telling people from other parts of the country, that they have to abide with D.C. gun laws and register their weapons with local police if they come to the District as the law states.

15 posted on 02/03/2026 10:39:57 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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Law and Order — only one of our political parties believes in it.

DC has laws. People should follow the law.

I’d like all the gun control laws to go away.
Second best option — National Reciprocity just like drivers license or marriage licenses.

But what we have is a patchwork of laws all over the country which infringe to greater or lesser extents. Know the law. Follow the law.

I see this as partial fallout from Pretti in Minneapolis. He brought a gun to a demonstration (violated the law) and he had a gun in his possession without an ID (violated the law).

We need to be consistent about law and order.


16 posted on 02/03/2026 10:40:06 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Law and Order -- only one of our political parties believes in it.)
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Headline is flat out lie.

A lie?
From the enemedia?
A headline with the word, "Trump," is false?
A LIE??
They would NEVER lie.

/s
17 posted on 02/03/2026 10:40:39 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: GrootheWanderer

The freepers buying into this headline are just as gullible as the liberal democrats they would denounce.

That is NOT what she said, stop being stupid and go read what she actually said, we expect better than lemming behavior from freepers.


18 posted on 02/03/2026 10:41:19 AM PST by Skwor
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To: GrootheWanderer

She’s doing her job. Carrying out the laws that at the moment, are deemed Constitutional. If only all appointed and elected officials did too.


19 posted on 02/03/2026 10:45:26 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: RandallFlagg

I don’t expect the Media to change its spots - ever.

All it can do is go dark. I guess, then, that FR will, too.


20 posted on 02/03/2026 10:45:58 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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