If the Czar were a professional gun control advocate, he might think about grabbing a box, getting some of the best office supplies, taking down the poster of the kitten hanging by her front paws on a clothesline, and heading out for work in the world of reality. Hey, not that we are celebrating, but these are really bad days to be anti-gun.

You likely already know that 48 states have some form of legal concealed carry or open carry of firearms by the general public. Wisconsin, one of the last holdouts, is in process of ending its moratorium on concealed carry, and the liberal press there is going bonkers with it.

The last hold out, Illinois, came the closest it has ever come in recent history to passing a concealed carry law, too, missing by only a handful of votes. Although our ineffective governor indicated he would veto the bill had it passed, the votes were already there to override his veto.

If Wisconsin allows concealed carry, Illinois will not be far behind: Illinois hates being a left behind state, and will eventually join the other 49.

You heard that right: Illinois will eventually allow concealed carry. Sure, they will New York-ify the whole thing, with complex requirements, fees, exclusion of people with vowels in their last names, and so on, but it is inevitable.

And this is really bad news for the gun control crowd, because the trajectory is certain, eventual, and obvious:

1. All 50 states will allow carry of firearms, either concealed or open.
2. Due to reciprocity, people will be exposed to all different types of restrictions and rules (or lack thereof) and learn what every other community is doing.
3. Despite prediction of incessant Wild West shootouts, the process will be smooth, orderly, and very peaceful.
4. People will become familiar with seeing weapons, and become comfortable (and smarter) about them.
5. Crime will tick downward.
6. Although there will be some spectacular events where a multi-convicted gang mamber will stroll into a gun store and walk out with something the press calls an AK-47 pistol, these will be offset by some violent crime ended instantly by a single citizen grandma with her .38 special. For every “see what happens” injustice promoted by the media, popular culture will provide a hero or heroine who made a difference with a firearm.
7. Over time, the restrictions will drop off—one by one—until more or less all 50 states have fairly equal and easy requirements, and nothing bad will happen.

But do not worry, liberals. One good thing about concealed carry: no one knows that you aren’t carrying a weapon, either. No one will force you to learn or understand about firearms. You can easily move into a crowded room, and only you will know for sure that you are completely defenseless.

The irony of course is that a person armed with a fiream is almost certain to defend you against someone else, whereas a person stripped of his ability to carry will be unable to help you. So the odds favor you with concealed carry even when you opt not to participate.

What is curious to the Czar is that for all the horror that the liberals predict, ultimately they know nothing bad will happen; curiously, this is the same argument they use to support gay marriage—almost exactly. The exception is Step 6: the media will not volunteer any stories of gay marriage horror stories, of course.

The point is that the gun control crowd has been playing this bluff hand of poker for decades, and the last round of betting is done. They are about to be called on it—and since they refuse to fold, they will have to show their hand. And it will be empty.

The Czar of Muscovy

Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.