Rep. Jamie Raskin’s vow to “stop the prostitution of government” if Democrats retake the House is the latest reminder that the real target isn’t Trump—it’s the Second Amendment. The Maryland congressman’s rhetoric frames every pro-gun policy as corruption, from the Trump-era ATF’s reversal of the Obama-era “bump-stock” ban to the administration’s push for nationwide reciprocity. In practice, that means the next Democratic majority will treat any loosening of restrictions as a scandal that must be legislated away, turning the regulatory state into a one-way ratchet that only tightens.

For gun owners, the danger lies less in dramatic new bans than in the quiet restoration of Obama-era enforcement priorities: reclassifying pistol braces, resurrecting the “engaged in the business” rule that sweeps private sellers into the FFL net, and reviving Operation Choke Point-style pressure on banks and insurers. Raskin’s language also telegraphs an appetite for novel statutes—perhaps an updated assault-weapons act or a federal red-flag regime—that would be sold as “good-government” reforms while functionally disarming millions of law-abiding citizens. The 2A community should read this not as partisan theater but as a blueprint: the next two years will be spent hardening state-level protections and building the legal infrastructure to blunt whatever D.C. sends down.