Most of the time when some Democrat pushes gun control, they preface things by saying, "I support the Second Amendment, but..." We all know they don't, but they're at least paying lip service to the idea.
The Democrat in charge of Grand Rapids, Michigan, however, isn't doing that. Instead, he thinks that if you own a gun, what you should be forced to feel is shame.
Now, the mayor's office is non-partisan, but the mayor was in the state legislature, so we know his politics.
And now, we know he's a complete and utter moron.
NEW: The video of Grand Rapids Mayor David LaGrand blasting gun owners has surfaced.
— Grand Rapids Businessman (@GR_businessman) February 24, 2026
When asked if law enforcement should be disarmed following an officer-involved shooting, he stated: “I think if you’ve got a gun you should be ashamed of yourself. I really do.”
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Estimates show 35% households in Michigan own guns — 180,000 in the GR Metro alone.
LaGrand won his mayoral race by 21,297 votes or 63% of the vote. Prior to running for Mayor as a non-partisan, he served as a Democrat in the state legislature.
So he's saying 35 percent of his constituents, the vast majority of whom have done nothing wrong, should be forced to feel ashamed for having a gun, all because one of his police officers shot someone?
Seriously?
That's the argument?
Now, let's understand that the Left has been trying to make us feel ashamed about having a gun for decades. There's a reason they keep pushing debunked numbers tying gun ownership to domestic violence murders, suicides, and everything else. There's a reason they keep telling parents to grill their friends' parents about their gun ownership. There's a reason kids get kicked out of school for simply showing pictures of them shooting on social media, with zero threats to anyone.
The reason is that they want to stigmatize gun ownership. They want to make us ashamed of exercising our Second Amendment rights, because if we do feel that shame, we're not going to advocate for that right.
They can then take it with impunity, and no one will say anything to stop them. They're too busy feeling shame at having a gun.
And again, this is because of an officer-involved shooting. This was a police officer shooting someone. It wasn't a regular citizen who just shot someone out of the blue, completely unjustified. That still wouldn't excuse LaGrand's comments, but the context might take some of the sting out of them. Instead, it was an officer who shot someone. These are the people that folks like LaGrand typically give special gun rights to. Cops can own stuff in many places that you or I are forbidden from getting, and this one was involved in a shooting, so it's our fault?
Look, I haven't bothered to look up the circumstances of the shooting because, frankly, they're irrelevant. Either someone pointed a gun at a cop and got to experience the glory of FAFO firsthand, or the cop shot someone he wasn't supposed to shoot, in which case he'll be the one experiencing that glory.
None of that applies to law-abiding gun owners, yet LaGrand thinks we should feel shame.
Well, I don't.
I refuse to feel shame for exercising the right my forefathers fought and died to protect. I refuse to feel shame for being the insurance policy that keeps my government in check. I refused to feel shame about being able to protect my family from the evils of the world.
I do, however, feel ashamed that anyone in this country would vote for a rancid pancake like LaGrand.
