American Rifleman: "We Are Peanut"

The January 2025 issue of American Rifleman arrived in the mailbox yesterday.

The issue has many good articles, but one caught my attention: "An Unlikely Hero". It is the story of the gray squirrel and racoon named Peanut (or P'Nut) and Fred. It is definitely a must-read. 

A Texas whistleblower named Monica Keasler New York's State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and their thugs acted like stormtroopers when they confiscated the innocent animals. She reportedly bragged about it.

The article compares their tragic ends at the hands of bureaucrats when they were confiscated and killed  (to allegedly test them for rabies) and gun owners. The article asks, "How often we seen harmless violations of bureaucratic requirements [...] escalated to the point where livelihoods, freedoms or even lives were unnecessarily lost?"

The outrage by people to this incident possibly added to Donald Trump's victory margin, it is said.

When it comes to tyranny by government bureaucrats, "We are Peanut."