The young man’s grandfather needs to take this jerk out behind the barn and teach him some moderation with a blackjack or an axe handle.
I'd pay to see YouTube of Grandpa teaching the petty dictator a few lessons in "That's not a weapon, this is a weapon."
We must get out of the mindset, endemic since WW2, that the magic formula for success in any endeavour is to sacrifice our rationality to the Gods of Total War.
This nightmare will not end until we have zero tolerance for Zero Tolerance.