Former Alabama Senator Doug Jones, now mounting a quixotic bid for governor as a Democrat in deep-red territory, dropped a bombshell on MSNBC’s The Briefing Friday: voters will turn out in record numbers to slap down a Supreme Court that’s supposedly taking away rights. Jones, who rode a narrow 2017 special election win on anti-Roy Moore coattails before getting trounced by Tommy Tuberville in 2022, is framing the High Court’s recent rulings—think Bruen’s smackdown on may-issue concealed carry schemes and Rahimi’s narrow limits on domestic abusers—as an assault on freedoms. But let’s call this what it is: classic progressive sleight-of-hand, repackaging 2A victories as losses to rally the anti-gun faithful.

In reality, SCOTUS under the 6-3 conservative majority has been a fortress for the Second Amendment, striking down feel-good restrictions that courts had rubber-stamped for decades. Jones’s fearmongering ignores how Bruen (2022) forced states like New York and California to finally respect shall-issue permitting, empowering everyday carriers from Birmingham to Mobile. His record numbers prediction? It’s less about voter turnout and more about astroturfed outrage from Everytown and Giffords’ machine, hoping to flip deep-blue turnout models onto gun rights. Alabama’s GOP supermajority and Ivanka-era Republican dominance make Jones’s gubernatorial dreams about as viable as a single-shot .22 in a mag dump contest—polls show him trailing badly.

For the 2A community, this is red meat: Jones’s outburst signals Democrats’ desperation as concealed carry expands nationwide (over 27 states now constitutional carry) and public support for gun rights hits record highs per Gallup. Implications? Expect more hyperbolic rhetoric from blue-state hopefuls, but in battlegrounds like Alabama, it backfires, galvanizing pro-2A voters to protect gains from Garland’s ATF overreach. Stock up on ammo, patriots—record turnout might just mean record wins for the right to keep and bear arms.