Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) took to CNN’s The Lead on Thursday to defend Louisiana’s congressional map, shrugging off the Supreme Court’s recent objection to one of its districts as merely may be ridiculously drawn—apparently cobbling together disparate populations in a way that screams gerrymandering. But in a classic pivot, Cohen flipped the script, accusing the Court of weaponizing the Constitution against African Americans by enforcing the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Never mind that the ruling in *Robinson v. Berry* (decided just days ago) struck down the map’s bizarre second majority-minority district for diluting non-Black votes and prioritizing race over traditional districting principles like compactness and community interests. Cohen’s rhetoric reeks of the same race-obsessed playbook Democrats have used for decades to justify racial gerrymanders, all while ignoring how such maps fracture electoral cohesion.

This isn’t just redistricting theater—it’s a direct assault on the impartial rule of law that underpins our Second Amendment rights. The 14th Amendment, which Cohen decries as a tool of suppression, is the very bedrock of equal protection that gun owners rely on to challenge discriminatory carry laws, selective enforcement in high-crime urban areas (often minority-heavy districts like the one in question), and race-based carve-outs in concealed carry permitting. When SCOTUS enforces color-blind districting, it’s upholding the principle that government can’t play racial favoritism games—a principle that echoes *New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen* (2022), where the Court demolished may-issue schemes for lacking historical analogue and historical tradition. Cohen’s complaint exposes the Left’s hypocrisy: they cheer 14th Amendment invocations when striking down gun rights (think *MacDonald v. Chicago*), but cry foul when it reins in their own racial engineering.

For the 2A community, the implications are crystal clear—stay vigilant. These district fights are proxy wars for the judiciary’s neutrality, and a weakened 14th Amendment opens the floodgates for bespoke equity maps that could pack pro-gun voters into unwinnable districts or empower anti-2A strongholds. Louisiana’s map remix, now heading back to state courts with SCOTUS oversight, reinforces that originalism protects everyone equally, including our right to keep and bear arms without racial asterisks. Gun owners should watch this closely: if Democrats succeed in framing constitutional fidelity as bigotry, expect the next Bruen challenge to face the same twisted logic. Arm up, informed, and ready to defend the Republic.