In a jaw-dropping display of ideological gymnastics, a Virginia prosecutor has pinned the blame for a violent attack at Old Dominion University squarely on firearms, while giving the actual terrorist a pass. This isn’t just sloppy rhetoric—it’s a deliberate inversion of reality that reeks of the anti-2A playbook. The incident involved a deranged attacker wielding guns to terrorize students, yet instead of condemning the perpetrator’s ideology or mental state, the prosecutor fixates on the tools, echoing the same tired narrative we’ve seen from Newtown to Uvalde. It’s as if saying guns pulled the trigger absolves the human monster behind it, conveniently ignoring that the Second Amendment exists precisely to empower law-abiding citizens against such threats.
This isn’t an isolated slip; it’s symptomatic of a broader war on self-defense rights. Virginia, already a battleground state with recent swings toward gun control under Democrat majorities, sees prosecutors like this one weaponizing their office to shift focus from criminal accountability to disarmament agendas. Remember the 2020 riots? Same playbook: blame the guns, not the rioters. For the 2A community, the implications are stark—expect this to fuel calls for red flag laws or campus carry bans, even as data from the Crime Prevention Research Center shows armed citizens stop attacks far more effectively than any prosecutor’s hot take. Old Dominion’s students deserve better than virtue-signaling deflection; they need the right to carry, not lectures on inanimate objects.
The silver lining? Outrages like this galvanize the pro-2A movement. With elections looming and cases like this going viral, it’s prime time to amplify stories of defensive gun uses—over 2.5 million annually per Kleck’s research—and remind voters that prosecutors who blame victims’ rights for villains’ crimes are the real threat to public safety. Share this, hit the phones to your reps, and let’s turn this absurdity into momentum for concealed carry reciprocity nationwide. The terrorist didn’t need a permission slip to attack; neither should you to defend yourself.
