We don’t like saying we told you so. But sometimes, it’s the only way to break through the noise.
In 2022, we warned that Wyoming’s “Second Amendment Protection Act” was nothing more than political theater – a facade meant to fool gun owners into thinking their rights were being defended while the state continued helping the feds enforce unconstitutional gun control.
Even some of our allies, like Gun Owners of America, backed it. And that changed everything. They put their very good reputation on the line to support a bill we knew was worthless. We told them not to. We explained in detail why the bill was utterly ineffective. They ignored us.
And it cannot be overstated: this bill only passed because GOA supported it. Full stop.
Now, three years later, even Gov. Mark Gordon admits we were right.
WORTHLESS IN PRACTICE. JUST LIKE WE SAID.
In his March 2025 veto message of a minor improvement to the original law, Gordon wrote:
“Since I signed Wyoming’s first Second Amendment Protection Act in 2022… the law has never been utilized. Not once!”
Let that sink in.
A law passed with fanfare and hailed as a “protection” for the Second Amendment had zero impact for three straight years. Not a single act of federal gun control enforcement was blocked. Not one Wyoming officer was told to stop helping the feds. Nothing changed in practice. Just like we warned.
As we said at the time:
“Passage of this bill just gives cover to the gun grabbers… they’ve done absolutely nothing but protect the status quo of helping the federal government violate the 2nd Amendment.”
BUILT TO FAIL
From the beginning, the bill’s language was designed to sound bold while doing nothing:
- It didn’t explicitly prohibit enforcement of any federal gun control.
- It only restricted the use of state-appropriated funds, leaving the door wide open for federal dollars to keep flowing to local cops for enforcement.
- It deferred to the courts to decide what’s “unconstitutional,” meaning no one had to stop doing anything unless a federal judge said so.
That’s not protection – it’s political cover.
THE REAL AGENDA: PROTECTING FEDERAL POWER
In 2025, when lawmakers attempted to modestly improve the law, Gordon vetoed it – and gave us a full, unfiltered look at what this was really about.
Here’s what he wrote:
“This Act takes aim at – and potentially vilifies – law enforcement if, in the process of working to apprehend, prosecute, and detain illegal aliens, drug mules, human traffickers, abusers, and other miscreants, they cooperate with the federal government and a gun is involved.”
Translation? Gordon wants Wyoming law enforcement to keep helping the feds enforce federal gun control – as long as they can say it’s about the drug war, immigration, or crime.
We’ve said this before:
“Conservative and Republican legislators are more than happy to throw away the Second Amendment to keep their precious – and unconstitutional – federal drug war.”
That’s exactly what’s happening here. And Gordon doubled down.
“Senate File 196… could prohibit enforcement of almost ANY federal firearm regulations.”
Yes. That’s the point. But to these people, that’s a problem.
They believe the federal government has the power to impose gun control – and that states should help enforce it.
THE GREAT BETRAYAL
Gordon even tried to gaslight gun owners with this line:
“We do have an administration in Washington… more friendly to the Second Amendment.”
Let’s be clear: the Trump administration still holds the record for most federal gun control enforcement actions in U.S. history – more than Obama. More than Biden. More than anyone.
Ever.
That’s not “friendly” to the Second Amendment. That’s an assault on the Second Amendment.
While a recent Executive Order gives people hope that things will change, as should be obvious, actions speak louder than words.
And so-called pro-2nd Amendment Republicans have spent years taking action to help keep the status quo of unconstitutional federal gun control.
FAKE VICTORIES, REAL CONSEQUENCES
The 2022 bill was worse than useless. It gave the appearance of action while entrenching the status quo. It made people believe something had been done when, in truth, nothing had changed.
Even worse, it made it easier for politicians and law enforcement lobbyists to shut down real reform – like the kind that would actually ban state and local enforcement of federal gun control, and cut off the federal funding that drives these joint operations.
WE TOLD YOU SO – NOW WHAT?
In 2022, we said:
“The language will do nothing to protect the Second Amendment in practice and effect.”
They passed it anyway.
They grandstanded. They lied to gun owners. They protected federal enforcement. And now, the governor himself has confirmed everything we said.
So what comes next?
We keep pushing.
We keep exposing these fake “protections.”
And we demand real action that bans state and local enforcement of federal gun control – no exceptions, no loopholes, no deference to federal judges.
Because if we don’t, they’ll run the same scam all over again.
And next time, they’ll hope you forget we were right the first time.
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