Brandon Herrera has a massive YouTube presence, is part-owner of his own streaming platform called Pepperbox, ran for Congress and nearly won the primary against an incumbent, and possibly has the best hair in all of guntube. That’s without getting into the lore that surrounds him and his three medals of honor (it’s a long story and Herrera hates every minute of what’s been termed “forced valor,” for the record) and numerous other military awards (again, long story).
He’s also just entertaining as hell to watch, either on his channel or the Unsubscribe Podcast. The dude is funny and has a dark sense of humor that resonates with me.
But in a video on Monday, he got serious.
The first half involved the proposed merger of the ATF and DEA, which I covered over the weekend. It’s good stuff, and you should check it out.
However, it’s the second half of the video where things got spicy, and that’s what I want to talk about. You see, Herrera has a problem with some in the gun rights world, and he’s calling people out. (This is your language warning, for the record.)
For those who can’t watch the video at the moment, check it out later, but the short, short version is that a lot of gun rights advocates don’t know how to take a win.
We got the Hearing Protection Act in the reconciliation bill. It was a hard fight,t and we managed to get that win, and while it still has a way to go before becoming law, there’s a fantastic chance that it will be.
And how did some gun rights advocates react? Like it was a loss.
See, they’re upset that their pet topic wasn’t the top priority or that we didn’t get everything we wanted right here and now. I’ve seen this myself. I’ve had at least one person tell me that suppressors are a distraction and that the SHORT Act would be the only win. Their reasoning? You’d have to fill out a Form 4473 for a suppressor.
You’d still have to fill one out for a short-barreled rifle, too, so I don’t see the distinction, but this is kind of my point. For me, suppressors are a much bigger win because, for one thing, they’re a safety device. That also made them an easier win.
Regardless, others just don’t think this win is meaningful enough to warrant anyone high-fiving anyone.
Folks, if that’s you, you’re an idiot. I’m sorry, but that’s just how it is.
We’re not going to walk in and just make everything go away. I’d love it if we could. The NFA and GCA are both unconstitutional as hell, but the courts have upheld them, and while I’d like something such as “The Shall Not Be Infringed Act” that would wipe out federal, state, and local gun control in one fell swoop, that’s never going to happen.
We need to take what wins we can get, appreciate those wins, and then get back to work.
I’m not saying we should be satisfied with the Hearing Protection Act alone. I want the SHORT Act in there, too. But if that doesn’t happen this year, then maybe next year. Anything that restores even a smidgen of our Second Amendment rights is a victory.
Anti-gunners take what they can get, then get back to the grind to take everything else, too. As Herrera notes, that’s why they’ve been kicking our butts for so long.
It’s time to turn the tables and grind gun control to dust bit by bit.
Yeah, we might be planting seeds for trees we’ll never sit under, but playing the long game works.
Give the anti-gunners nothing and take what we can get. That’s not a compromise. That’s winning.
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