{"id":212863,"date":"2025-02-06T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=212863"},"modified":"2026-01-22T06:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:57:29","slug":"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was looking for a way to show they learned absolutely nothing from their 2024 election losses, they just nailed it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of course-correcting, they\u2019ve doubled down on their anti-gun agenda by electing none other than David Hogg as DNC vice chair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-whole-hogg\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\" data-level=\"2\">Whole Hogg<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-gun-owners-are-growing-and-they-re-not-buying-what-hogg-is-selling\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\" data-level=\"2\">Gun Owners Are Growing\u2014And They\u2019re Not Buying What Hogg Is Selling<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-dnc-s-self-inflicted-wound\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\" data-level=\"2\">DNC\u2019s Self-Inflicted Wound<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-meanwhile-gun-owners-keep-winning\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\" data-level=\"2\">Meanwhile, Gun Owners Keep Winning<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-bottom-line\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\" data-level=\"2\">The Bottom Line<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-whole-hogg\">Whole Hogg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, <em>that<\/em> David Hogg\u2014the guy who built his entire brand on pushing gun control with Michael Bloomberg\u2019s billions, as Larry Keane over at NSSF recently<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/dnc-makes-it-official-hogg-wild-for-gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\"> pointed out<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old activist, best known for his social media rants and revisionist takes on the Second Amendment, now has a key leadership role in the DNC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You have no right to a gun. You are not a militia. When you\u2019re talking about your second amendment rights you\u2019re talking about a states right to have what is today the national guard. The modern interpretation of 2A is a ridiculous fraud pushed for decades by the gun lobby.<\/p>&mdash; David Hogg \ud83d\udfe7 (@davidhogg111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidhogg111\/status\/1629964651797573635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside Arti Blanco and Malcom Kenyatta, Hogg will be helping shape the party\u2019s future. And judging by his first speech, it\u2019s going to be one long, angry Twitter thread brought to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWho\u2019s ready to take the fight to the Republicans and win this thing?\u201d Hogg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yCxkpGtIkZY\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\">shouted<\/a> at the crowd after his election. \u201cLet\u2019s go and kick some a**. Let\u2019s go win our young people back, and let\u2019s stop sending just our thoughts and prayers to address gun violence, and do something. Are you ready to do that?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, that depends. If \u201cdoing something\u201d means the usual laundry list of gun bans, restrictions, and repeals of laws that protect lawful gun owners and manufacturers, then he\u2019s just preaching to the same tired choir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DNC\u2019s 2024 platform already called for banning Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs), standard-capacity magazines, criminalizing private gun transfers, and repealing the <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/20-years-of-the-plcaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"2798\">Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act<\/a> (PLCAA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hogg isn\u2019t bringing fresh ideas\u2014he\u2019s just the newest, loudest salesman for policies America already rejected at the ballot box, as Alan Gottlieb from CCRKBA <a href=\"https:\/\/ccrkba.org\/2025\/02\/04\/ccrkba-dems-destroy-credibility-on-guns-with-hogg-vice-chair-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\">put it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gun-owners-are-growing-and-they-re-not-buying-what-hogg-is-selling\"><strong>Gun Owners Are Growing\u2014And They\u2019re Not Buying What Hogg Is Selling<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BREAKING NEWS: David Hogg Delivers Victory Speech After Winning DNC Vice Chair Position\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yCxkpGtIkZY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hogg claims he\u2019ll bring young and minority voters back into the Democratic fold, but here\u2019s a reality check: those same voters are increasingly embracing their Second Amendment rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2020, over 26.2 million Americans have become first-time gun owners. In 2024 alone, 3.9 million people bought their first firearm, and a significant chunk of them were young, female, and from minority backgrounds, per NSSF:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>30% of first-time gun buyers were under 30.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>57% of gun retailers saw an increase in White women purchasing firearms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>32% of retailers reported an increase in Black male gun buyers, with 32.5% seeing an uptick in Black female buyers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hispanic and Asian buyers also saw significant increases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These numbers tell a story the DNC refuses to acknowledge: Americans\u2014especially young and minority voters\u2014are rejecting the anti-gun rhetoric and choosing self-reliance instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in the political arena, 47% of voters aged 18-29 backed Trump in 2024, along with 16% of Black voters and 43% of Hispanic voters. Gun control isn\u2019t the winning issue Democrats think it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dnc-s-self-inflicted-wound\"><strong>DNC\u2019s Self-Inflicted Wound<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even mainstream media outlets are struggling to put a positive spin on the DNC\u2019s latest move. <em>The New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/29\/us\/politics\/democratic-party-rebuild.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\">noted<\/a> that Democrats are in disarray, debating whether their message or their inability to communicate it is the real problem. <em>MSNBC\u2019s<\/em> Jen Psaki bluntly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jen-psaki-says-democrats-lost-wilderness-without-clear-leader-after-trumps-victory\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\">admitted<\/a> that the party is \u201cin the wilderness\u201d with no clear leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now they\u2019ve decided David Hogg is the guy to lead them out of the woods?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even Hogg himself has admitted he\u2019s \u201cone of the most politically toxic people in the country\u201d and \u201ctoo radical for American politics.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But instead of distancing themselves, Democrats are embracing his brand of performative activism, signaling to millions of gun owners that their rights are still very much on the chopping block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meanwhile-gun-owners-keep-winning\"><strong>Meanwhile, Gun Owners Keep Winning<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the DNC spirals, Second Amendment supporters keep racking up victories. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that the right to keep and bear arms is an <em>individual<\/em> right\u2014not a collective one tied to militias, as Hogg insists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/5th-circuit-overrules-itself-and-finds-law-banning-handguns-sales-to-youths-under-age-21-is-unconstitutional#:~:text=Image%20from%20Shutterstock)-,After%20reexamining%20its%20precedent%2C%20a%20federal%20appeals%20court%20has%20ruled,20%20violates%20the%20Second%20Amendment.\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\">ruled<\/a> that 18- to 20-year-olds cannot be barred from buying handguns because, at the time of the Founding, they were considered militia members with full gun rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So while the DNC plays political theater with Hogg as their newest star, gun owners continue welcoming new members into the fold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSSF&#8217;s <em>Faces of Firearms\u2122<\/em> campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/facesoffirearms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\">highlights<\/a> how Americans from all backgrounds share a commitment to their Second Amendment rights and safer communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-bottom-line\"><strong>The Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By going \u201cWhole Hogg,\u201d the DNC isn\u2019t just making a leadership mistake\u2014they\u2019re openly declaring war on gun owners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hogg may get applause from the usual anti-gun circles, but for the millions of Americans who\u2019ve exercised their rights for the first time in recent years, his election is just another reminder of why they\u2019ve walked away from the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Hogg and the DNC keep <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/washington-dems-push-gun-control-while-criminals-walk-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dnc-goes-whole-hogg-on-gun-control-and-its-a-disaster\" title=\"DNC Goes Whole Hogg on Gun Control\u2014And It\u2019s a Disaster\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"2799\">pushing gun control<\/a>, the 2A remains alive and well\u2014protected by an ever-growing, diverse community of gun owners who aren\u2019t going anywhere. 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