Pirro
(Photo
by
Win
McNamee/Getty
Images)
Sure,
unlike
some
of
her
colleagues,
Jeanine
Pirro
was
actually
nominated
and
confirmed
by
the
Senate
to
her
U.S.
Attorney
position,
but
that
doesn’t
mean
she
isn’t
out
of
her
depth.
The
latest,
but
far
from
only,
example
of
that
happened
Monday
at
her
old
stomping
grounds,
Fox
News.
The
attorney
that
rose
to
prominence
as
a
TV
personality
found
that
not
all
cable
news
hits
are
going
to
be,
well
a
hit
with
the
MAGA
base.
Yesterday,
Pirro
appeared
on
Fox
News
with Martha
MacCallum,
and
made
some
interesting
comments.
“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.
You
bring
a
gun
into
this
district,
count
on
going
to
jail
and
hope
you
get
the
gun
back,
and
that
makes
all
the
difference,” Pirro
said
in
a
rant
worthy
of
any
flaming
liberal.
Particularly
when
Pirro
followed
up,
adding,
“And
you
bring
a
gun
into
the
district,
you
mark
my
words,
you’re
going
to
jail.”
Now,
sure,
she
was
trying
to
give
Donald
Trump
and
his
gross
occupation
(and
9,500
arrests)
of
Washington
D.C.
credit
for
the
decline
in
homicides
in
2026
(there
was
also
subfreezing
weather
for
a
significant
portion
of
January
keeping
people
indoors,
but
SHHHHH),
but
these
strident
statements
about
the
limits
of
the
Second
Amendment
were
noteworthy
for
the
MAGA
faithful.
That
was
certainly
the
take
of
the
far
right.
“I
bring
a
gun
into
the
district
every
week,”
Rep.
Greg
Steube wrote
on
X.
“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!”
Rep.
Thomas
Massie asked
his
followers,
“Why
is
a
‘conservative’
judge
threatening
to
arrest
gun
owners?”
Well,
she’s
the
current
U.S.
Attorney
for
the
District
but
the
point
remains.
Stephen
Gutowski,
founder
of
The
Reload,
slammed
Pirro
and
Fox’s
MacCallum
for
“cheering
her
on.”
Florida
Gov.
Ron
DeSantis
sounded
off
on
X,
“Second
Amendment
rights
are
not
extinguished
just
because
an
American
visits
DC.”
Kostas
Moros,
director
of
legal
research
for
the
nonprofit
Second
Amendment
Foundation,
said
it
was
a
“moronic
statement.”
The
backlash
led
Pirro
to
walk
back
her
statements,
saying
“We’re
taking
guns
off
the
street,
illegal
guns
in
the
hands
of
criminals
who
want
to
use
those
guns
to
victimize
law-abiding
citizens.
There’s
a
big
difference
here.
You’re
responsible,
you
follow
the
laws,
you’re
not
going
to
have
a
problem
with
me.”
Ahh,
Pirro
is
just
using
gun
laws
as
a
pretext
to
go
after
the
“wrong”
kind
of
gun
owners.
Gotcha.
That’s
disappointing,
but
much
more
on
brand
for
her.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
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