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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that "you can't have guns" at protests ...

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Sounds like Donald Trump wants to take away your guns.

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-- Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) Jan 27, 2026 at 1:35 PM

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... Only 16 states currently prohibit carrying guns at demonstrations, while some jurisdictions may also restrict firearms in public spaces, government buildings and at certain events.

It is unclear whether Trump would consider introducing a firearm restriction for demonstrations on a federal level. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-27 02:50 PM | Reply

Reminder at this very moment the federal government is arguing before the SC that a person can conceal carry a gun onto private owned land against the wishes of the property owner.

#2 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-01-27 03:12 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

www.scotusblog.com

Supreme Court appears sympathetic to gun owners' challenge to Hawaii law

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared to side with a group of Maui gun owners in their challenge to a Hawaii law restricting their ability to bring their guns onto private property that is open to the public. After approximately two hours of oral argument in Wolford v. Lopez, virtually all of the court's six Republican appointees seemed to agree with the challengers that the law, which requires the gun owners to obtain express permission from the property owner, violates the Second Amendment's right to bear arms.

#3 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-01-27 03:14 PM | Reply

What does that mean exactly?? If I own a business open to the public and I don't want guns brought into the establishment I don't have that right is that what I am hearing anyway???

#4 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-01-27 03:34 PM | Reply

Republicans show up to every protest they've ever had fully armed.

This is all --------.

---- Trump and his supporters.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-01-27 03:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

republicans would have sworn it was the democrats who were trying to take their guns away.

Well.....here we are........

Telling people who are legally allowed to carry........that they can't carry.

#6 | Posted by eberly at 2026-01-27 04:09 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 4

It's no surprise.

The tea party came about because we had a democratic president. As soon as Trump won they basically disappeared.

"It's only tyranny when the other side does it"

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-27 04:11 PM | Reply

The 2nd amendment has entered the chat.

I've been telling right leaning friends for years it's not the left that will "grab yer guns", it will be the right, that will attempt to.

#8 | Posted by a_monson at 2026-01-27 04:12 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Remember after the Vegas shooting Trump banned Bump Stocks, which later got overturned by the courts.

Not a peep out of the NRA or the Right.

#9 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-27 04:19 PM | Reply

Snoofy was right. The 2A only helps bad guys have guns.

Good guys with guns get executed.

#10 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-27 04:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Not proper law but another edict from up high.

#11 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-27 04:53 PM | Reply

Reminder at this very moment the federal government is arguing before the SC that a person can conceal carry a gun onto private owned land against the wishes of the property owner.

#2 | Posted by truthhurts

That's true in all the other states not passing the laws in question.

Because those laws slipped criminal consequences in when owners didn't give EXPLICIT permission to carry on their property, meaning even if they don't care but didn't give permission, you can still be criminally charged.

In any case, in all the other states without those laws, you can carry into stores/businesses ect, even if they have a posted sign on their door. You just can't remain there if you're caught and asked to leave.

#12 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-27 04:59 PM | Reply

If I own a business open to the public and I don't want guns brought into the establishment I don't have that right is that what I am hearing anyway???

#4 | Posted by LauraMohr

No, you can still post signage stating no guns in your establishment. And you can call the cops if someone carries into your establishment and won't leave after you ask them to.

But it's not a criminal action to carry in establishments that have signage against carrying guns.

This case is about overturning a law that can get someone into legal trouble when they otherwise wouldn't be because express permission was not granted.

#13 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-27 05:02 PM | Reply

Telling people who are legally allowed to carry........that they can't carry.

#6 | Posted by eberly

I said from the moment he was elected again that I was going to laugh when Trump turned out to be the most anti-gun POTUS in our lifetimes.

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-27 05:03 PM | Reply

virtually all of the court's six Republican appointees seemed to agree with the challengers that the law, which requires the gun owners to obtain express permission from the property owner, violates the Second Amendment's right to bear arms.
#3 | Posted by truthhurts

Hawaii's position is supported by the MAGA created new (ridiculous) requirements under Bruen.
Under Bruen, for a gun law to be legal, it must align with our "historical tradition of firearm regulation."
And there is ample historical precedent of guns being banned from establishments.
There's a write-up about it in Reason or some other left-center source.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 05:23 PM | Reply

What would Charlie Kirk do?

I bring it up because, it doesn't matter. Charlie is just another mythical hero used to reinforce tribalism rather than a leader who provides moral consistency through a wide array of situations and circumstances. Like Jesus. It doesn't matter what he thought or preached or whatever.

But it does make it very easy to throw Charlie's beliefs right square in their fat ------ faces.

Because they're hypocrites who carry on with whatever emotion they have at the time, rather than any logic or morality.

#16 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-01-27 05:39 PM | Reply

Trump Says Americans 'Can't Have Guns' At Protests.

Funny.
There were guns at the Cliven Bundy protests.
There were guns at the Michigan State House protests.
There were guns at the Unite The Right March in Charlottesville.
Kyle Rittenhouse brought a gun to a protest and became a Hero Of The Crybaby Right.

Now our Republican President says We The People can't have guns at protests.

Hey Republicans.
Is it fascism yet?

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 05:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

What would Charlie Kirk do?

Charlie was raising a fuss about IDF doing exactly this kind of thing to Palestinians, in the weeks and months before his death.

That's why Nick Fuentes ordered Charlie Kirk's assassination.

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 05:58 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

(this kind of thing = ICE terrorizing and executing civilians)

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 05:59 PM | Reply


@#19 ... What would Charlie Kirk do? ...

www.newsweek.com

... Charlie Kirk's X post from March 4, 2018 read:

"The 2nd amendment is not for hunting, it is not for self protection.

It is there to ensure that free people can defend themselves if god forbid government became tyrannical and turned against its citizens." ...


#20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-27 06:09 PM | Reply

We are all Palestinians now, aren't we?

The IDF murdered Mohammed Tamimi, age two. (Source: Times of Israel, 5 June 2023, 4:00 pm)


#21 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-27 06:09 PM | Reply

if god forbid government became tyrannical and turned against its citizens." ...

Sounds like God didn't forbid after all.

#22 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-01-27 06:23 PM | Reply

What does that mean exactly?? If I own a business open to the public and I don't want guns brought into the establishment I don't have that right is that what I am hearing anyway???

#4 | Posted by LauraMohr

Correct, that is what is at issue.

Hawaii passed a law saying a gun owner has to receive express permission to permit bringing a gun onto their property. Gun owners are arguing that is unconstitutional. SC conservatives will likely vote that way too.

Think the no shoes no service rule in reverse.

Gun? No service. Nope you can't do that.

Funny thing it also runs counter to the conservative's usual claims of property ownership supremacy, where laws don't apply to private land.

#23 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-01-27 06:30 PM | Reply

That's why Nick Fuentes ordered Charlie Kirk's assassination.

I'm waiting for Candace to get to the bottom of it.

#24 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-01-27 06:31 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

This is exactly the wrong thing to demand from Turnip. I am sure it will bring people to protests with guns, just to say they disagree. I can not envision the SCOTUS saying you can't, given the 2nd amendment, not to mention state laws that allow it. As usual, Turnip is all for those things that support him, such as proud boy protests with guns, yet against it when it is against him. You can't have it both ways.

#25 | Posted by BBQ at 2026-01-27 06:58 PM | Reply

Charlie Kirk was a ------- ----- who got exactly what he deserved. Now let's do PEDO DONNIE.

#26 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-27 09:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

What would Charlie Kirk do?

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-27 05:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

Blame the victim and get paid on that clickbait.

#27 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-01-28 10:01 AM | Reply

Hey Republicans.
Is it fascism yet?

#17 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

I have to admit I did not have this on my bingo card.

I fully expected the Trumpified Facists (via Project 2025) to attempt to violate and undermine the 1st(Speech, Press, Assembly), 4th (Search and Seizure), 5th (Due Process), 14th Amendment (Citizenship and Equal Protection), Article I (Legislative Powers), Article II (Executive Power), War Powers (Article I, Section 8), Reinstating Schedule F, (a violation of civil service rules and 5th Amendment).

But tossing the 2nd Amendment under the bus?

I would have never guessed.

The snake just ate itself.

#28 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-28 11:04 AM | Reply

Hawaii's position is supported by the MAGA created new (ridiculous) requirements under Bruen.
Under Bruen, for a gun law to be legal, it must align with our "historical tradition of firearm regulation."
And there is ample historical precedent of guns being banned from establishments.
There's a write-up about it in Reason or some other left-center source.

#15 | Posted by snoofy

You mean come unarmed or check your guns with the sheriff when you enter town? You know in towns like Tombstone, Dodge City, Abilene, and Deadwood? Guns were banned in town period. That IS our historic tradition of firearm regulation.

#29 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2026-01-28 11:52 AM | Reply

That IS our historic tradition of firearm regulation.

#29 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2026-01-28 11:52 AM | Reply | Flag:

If that's the tradition, we're fucked. When you research the history of it the enforcement was highly selective and political. Tons of primary sources detail the corruption.

#30 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-01-28 01:23 PM | Reply

"When you research the history of it the enforcement was highly selective and political."

That's the whole point.
That's what Republicans want.
You're good at some things, but playing dumb isn't one of them.

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-28 01:25 PM | Reply

I've barely looked up from a COSC dissertation for 2 months.

Wild times when people start referencing comically corrupt implementations of gun control that were romanticized by Hollywood like it's a good thing.

Lets get super cynical about what Tombstone (the movie) glorified. It's about a semi-retired lawman who moves to a boomtown for money, immediately appoints his brothers as armed government agents with zero hiring process, then escalates a minor regulatory dispute into a lethal confrontation with a loosely affiliated local gang, none of whom he can actually tie to serious crimes in a court of law.

#32 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-01-28 01:38 PM | Reply

Imagine if some schlub jumped off his couch, joined ICE for the money, nepo'd his family members in, then triggered gunfights in the streets, and people referenced it like it was a good thing.

That would be a wild reality to live in.

#33 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-01-28 01:39 PM | Reply

"Wild times when people start referencing comically corrupt implementations of gun control"

Yeah. You can thank Republicans and Bruen for that.

But you won't. Accountability is another thing you aren't very good at.

#34 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-28 01:41 PM | Reply

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