Why Trump supporters are gunning for Kash Patel and Kristi Noem

For decades, the conservative movement had argued the opposite: that the right to bear arms did not dissolve in public spaces, that lawful carry was not conditional on political context, and that armed presence alone was not provocation. Noem, a longtime MAGA figure who once filmed campaign ads firing rifles, appeared to be saying out loud what gun-control advocates had argued for years.