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The Pink Pistols Are Coming

How the Left Is Arming Itself Like Never Before, and Why It Matters

by Richard Baimbridge

The story of the “Zizians” sounds like a plot from a Netflix movie. A terrorist group based in San Francisco, consisting of anti-technology Trans vegans under the control of a Charles Manson-like Trans cult leader -- a childhood math prodigy and computer genius named Jack “Ziz” LaSota. Sporting purple hair, pride flags and guns, the Zizians came to light after murdering a US Border Patrol agent on the day of Trump’s inauguration.

Despite initially being called a a “right wing conspiracy” by the mainstream media (surprise), it was later revealed that the Zizian cult was in fact real, and had committed several murders across the US, in addition to nearly killing an 80 year-old man with a Samurai sword just before he was scheduled to testify against them in a murder case.

But this is no Netflix movie – it’s reality. And it has all of the elements of a storm that is quietly brewing just beneath the surface of America: violent Trans activism, radical vegans, and extreme Leftist Trump Derangement Syndrome, fueled by mainstream media hysteria that’s driving Leftists to buy guns in unprecedented numbers.

Overall, gun sales are on the decline recently – falling by as much as 40% in some places. Part of that is a continuing trend since the spike in sales during Covid. But, generally speaking, people buy less guns when they feel safe. And Trump’s victory made most people – especially on the Right – feel safe that the country would be more stable and that 2A rights would be protected.

But other groups saw Trump’s victory as an existential threat. And they are preparing to go to war. For the most part, they consist of Trans activist groups and Antifa.

If you listen closely to what the Trans community is saying now, or read their posts in places like Reddit, there is a genuine fear that Trans people will face mass extermination under Trump on a level not seen since the Holocaust.

I can’t stress this point enough – it is not anger at being kicked out of women’s sports and bathrooms, or at kids being denied “gender-affirming care” (ie, genital mutilation), but a literal belief that they’re going to be hunted down and killed on the streets.

Most Conservatives I know simply want their kids to not have to bow to LGBTQIA flags at school, or to watch Disney movies where two men can magically have babies together. They could care less what other adults do in their own bedrooms, or what pronouns they want to use. But they also don’t want to be forced by law to call a dude with a d*ck “madam” or to have to sign their emails “he/him” lest they be sentenced by the HR department to mandatory “sensitivity training” classes.

Seems pretty reasonable to me… But apparently this is tantamount to a Trans apocalypse. And so they’re buying up weapons like never before, and learning to use them – and in some cases, committing murder with them.

“Meet the Queer People Taking Up Arms as Donald Trump Moves Back Into the White House” reads a recent headline from LGBTQnation.com. The story goes on, “Members of Groups Like the Pink Pistols and Rainbow Reload Prepare for the Worst.” One “Queer” gun owner is quoted in the story as saying, “We’re not looking to arm up and storm the Capitol. We just don’t want to be put in concentration camps.”

The level of hyperbolic paranoia is like an Ebola virus strain of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). This is, after all, the president who danced with The Village People to “YMCA” at his inauguration party. What else do you want -- a “kid-friendly” White House drag show?

The Pink Pistols describes itself as a shooting organization that teaches Queer people self-defense and concealed carry. “We teach queer people to shoot. Then we teach others that we have done so. Armed queers don’t get bashed.” They have 45 chapters across the US and Canada, and glowing media coverage from the Leftist media outlets who suddenly think owning guns is the coolest thing since Louboutin high-heeled shoes and Sunday brunch.

Generally speaking, I applaud pretty much anyone owning a gun – as long as they’re responsible, mentally-sound, trained how to use it properly, and are purchasing it for legitimate purposes. I remember vividly during the height of the BLM riots seeing instructors teaching new gun owners at the shooting range I go to in Raleigh, and seeing quite a few folks who looked like they probably didn’t share my political ideas.

And yet, I respected their right to be there as much as I do my own. And the instructors showed no bias, either. Just as long as they didn’t intend to use those guns to shoot at cops (as happened in the BLM riots in Dallas in 2016), or to cause havoc in the streets.  

The difference I see with the trend in LGBTQ gun ownership is that there is a lot more mental illness amongst this group than in the general population. That’s not meant to be cruel or lacking in empathy, it’s just reality. Even leading Trans YouTube gun channel star Tacticool Girlfriend admits it in a message to her 64,000 subscribers in which she warns that guns “aren’t for everyone” – especially those with depression or other mental illnesses, which she admits is extremely prevalent in the Trans community.  

This is evident in things like the manifesto written by Trans mass-shooter Audrey Hale, who killed six people, including three children, at Nashville’s Covenant School Christian Academy in 2023. You can debate all day long about what causes that mental illness — whether it’s society’s perceived mistreatment of Trans people, or the underlying condition of being Trans, itself. But the fact remains that it’s there.

Secondly, something that few people understand, and which the media has been extremely good at hiding, is the fact that the term “Queer” (as in the “Q” in LGBTQ) is by definition anti-capitalist, anti-Western and pro-Marxist. This is why there’s such a strong connection between groups like Antifa, Anti-Israeli Palestinian Activists, and the LGBTQ community – to the point that they have basically merged into one.

Antifa has long-embraced violence, and like the LGBTQ community, is highly delusional and filled with people suffering from mental issues. These are people who literally believe they are the living descendants of the Nazi resistance, and that defeating those on the Right is their duty by any means necessary (to quote Black Nationalist Malcolm X). The problem with that is that they define a “Nazi” as anyone to the Right of Che Guevara.

Like The Pink Pistols, the Far Left has established gun training groups like The Liberal Gun Club, The Socialist Rifle Association, Redneck Revolt, and the John Brown Gun Club – a member of which broke into an ICE facility in Tacoma, Washington in 2019, armed with a rifle and explosives before being shot dead by police.

The message I’m conveying is that things aren’t as calm as they might look on the surface. Trump has faced very little opposition so far in his second term, and Conservatives are enjoying a much-deserved victory lap. But it would be unwise to be over-confident and let your guard down for long.

I recall an interview I watched last year with an astute old-school political analyst who correctly predicted the election outcome -- but warned that American society would see the greatest mental health crisis it’s ever known as result of that victory. And that neighbor would turn against neighbor in the mother of all liberal meltdowns.

I think as the shock and awe of Trump’s victory starts to wear off, that meltdown will begin to manifest. And I expect to see a lot more Zizian-esque stories in the future. Let’s just hope their marksmanship skills are as bad as their choice in hair color.

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