With President Donald Trump deploying armed federal agents into communities nationwide to quell riots and protect federal property, a surprising backlash is brewing on the left: liberals and leftists, long allergic to the Second Amendment, are suddenly eyeing firearms for self-defense. CNN’s latest spin claims the right is the one pushing gun control—a laughable inversion when you consider the data. FBI NICS background checks for gun purchases have skyrocketed in blue states like California (up 40% year-over-year) and New York, with women and first-time buyers—many self-identified progressives—driving the surge. This isn’t some fringe trend; surveys from Pew and Gallup show Democratic interest in gun ownership hitting record highs, fueled by urban chaos from Antifa riots and defund-the-police hysteria. CNN’s narrative? It’s the right that’s softening on guns amid militia paranoia. Pure projection.

Dig deeper, and this exposes the left’s crumbling monopoly on victimhood. For decades, gun controllers painted 2A advocates as paranoid rednecks itching for civil war, but now it’s their own base—urban dwellers in CHAZ/CHOP-style no-go zones—feeling the heat from molotov-throwing mobs and emboldened criminals. Trump’s federal marshals aren’t the aggressors; they’re a bulwark against anarchy, inadvertently red-pilling thousands who realize cops won’t save them when seconds count. The implications for the 2A community are electric: a bipartisan armed populace dilutes the gun-grabbers’ moral high ground. Suddenly, common-sense reforms like red-flag laws look like what they are—tools to disarm the law-abiding while felons roam free. Welcome to the club, lefties; your awakening strengthens us all.

This shift isn’t fleeting. As Biden’s handlers eye executive gun grabs and states like Virginia flirt with AWBs, these new gun owners could tip the scales in court battles and ballot boxes. The right isn’t pushing control; we’re vindicated. Pass the ammo—liberty’s coalition just got a lot bigger.