Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dropped a truth bomb at a Breitbart News policy event this week, revealing how the Trump administration bulldozed through bullsh*t science to keep America’s economic engine roaring. In a no-holds-barred recounting, Lutnick highlighted the administration’s battles against politicized research and regulatory overreach that masqueraded as settled science, from energy policies to manufacturing mandates. This wasn’t just bureaucratic infighting—it was a deliberate pushback against junk studies funded by ideologues aiming to throttle growth under the guise of environmental or public health piety. Lutnick’s candor underscores a core Trump-era philosophy: real progress demands skepticism of elite consensus, prioritizing jobs, innovation, and prosperity over fearmongering data dumps.
For the 2A community, this hits close to home and signals a blueprint for future fights. We’ve seen the same bullsh*t science playbook deployed against firearms—flawed studies from groups like Everytown or the CDC’s cherry-picked stats claiming AR-15s are assault weapons of mass destruction, ignoring how rifles lag far behind handguns in crime data (FBI stats show handguns dominate at over 50% of gun murders). The Trump admin’s willingness to call out pseudoscience on economics mirrors what gun owners need: an administration unafraid to dismantle anti-2A research from Bloomberg-backed think tanks or the WHO’s global disarmament agendas. Lutnick’s example proves that when you fight bad science head-on, you unleash economic—and Second Amendment—freedom.
The implications are massive heading into Trump’s next term: expect a Lutnick-led Commerce Department to scrutinize anti-gun regs stifling the $70B firearms industry, from ATF’s pistol brace nonsense to export controls hobbling manufacturers. This isn’t just pro-growth talk; it’s a pro-liberty war on weaponized expertise that could finally defund the fear machine, letting 2A innovators thrive without EPA-style shackles or public health hysteria. Gun owners, take note—real economic patriotism means arming America, literally and figuratively.
