13 December—So now King Ned Lamont is even pissing off his own faithful followers.

But we should have expected it. Not only did His Majesty get himself re-elected pretty easily last month, but back in the summer, right after the U.S. Supreme Court told the Empire State where to get off in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, he warned (or promised) in no uncertain terms, “This Supreme Court decision will not prevent Connecticut from enforcing its responsible gun ownership laws.”

No one asked Ned to define “responsible.”

The Connecticut General Assembly twice passed laws banning military-style rifles, along with other perfectly lawful firearms and appurtenances. The 1993 ban was done with the connivance of Gov. Lowell Weicker, the blowhard renegade Republican and ultimate egotist who started his own short-lived party in order to screw the state. The 2012 ban was overseen by Gov. Dannel Malloy, the ultimate Democrat screw-up (even as a university chancellor), as a typical, predictable knee-jerk reaction to the Newtown school massacre.

Each time, the state’s lawmakers assured gun owners that firearms they owned before the silly, useless legislation took effect would be grandfathered.

But King Ned announced last week that he wants to repeal the exemption and essentially murder the grandfather. “They should not be allowed in the State of Connecticut,” Lamont ranted, clearly alluding to whatever he disapproves of, whenever he disapproves of it. “We found out that they’re cop killers. I think they’re incredibly dangerous in our community. You’re not serious about crime if you leave them on the street.”

That’s the sort of autocratic pronouncement you’d expect from Putrid, Trump, or Xi.

As for cop killers, I personally knew two state troopers who were killed by cars. I think they’re incredibly dangerous in our community. You’re not serious about crime if you leave them on the street.

In all events, Lamont’s confederates in the General Assembly, much as they’d like to disarm the public, seem unwilling—at the moment, anyway—to go back on their promise to grandfather the guns Lamont suddenly wants to outlaw completely. And even anti-gun NGOs, much as they’d like to disarm the public, are cool to the idea—at the moment, anyway.

There are lots of problems with Lamont’s gun confiscation pipe dream, including practical politics and implementation. How, for instance, will Ned’s enforcers know who owns the guilty firearms? Oh, I forgot, the previous legislation required the grandfathered guns to be registered. So that’s that. Obviously.

And then there’s its questionable legality, given the enumerated, uninfringeable constitutional right to of the people to keep and bear arms—especially with the current U.S. Supreme Court majority, which King Ned chooses to ignore, but which one expects in the very near future to definitively dump Connecticut’s already draconian albeit purely cosmetic and pretty damn useless firearms legislation . . .