Pretty much since the shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colorado, the state has gone deeper and deeper down the anti-gun rabbit hole. In fact, they just passed new measures this year that make them one of the most anti-gun states in the nation.

These laws are always premised on the idea that gun control makes people safer.

This is also why many groups who claim they're likely to be targeted by hateful folks often favor gun control. Their argument is that people who despise them shouldn't have access to weapons.

Unfortunately, an attack in Boulder, Colorado, left a number of people seriously injured, and it was driven by hate.

The details of exactly what happened are not entirely clear, but we know the terror attack happened near the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. According to the Boulder police chief, calls came in stating that a man entered a crowd with a weapon and people were being set on fire. He says there are multiple victims with burns and other injuries, and he currently has an unidentified male in custody. The man was taken without incident.   

Police Chief Steve Redfearn in Boulder, Co. says suspect in custody after several people “set on fire” in attack. Victims were walking to raise awareness of hostages still in Gaza when an incendiary device was thrown at them, according to Boulder JCC. @livenowfox pic.twitter.com/t3SrqslwQN

— Josh Breslow (@JoshBreslowTV) June 1, 2025

The suspect has been identified since this piece was published on Sunday. He's an Egyptian national named Mohamed Sabry Soliman who was in the country illegally, having overstayed his visa. He reportedly yelled "Free Palestine" before his attack, which means he was most definitely driven by hate.

Six people were injured by his hate, too.

And note, he didn't use a gun. Instead, he reportedly used a flamethrower and Molotov cocktails. In the pics I've seen of Soliman before the attack, all I see are the Molotovs, though that's hardly definitive proof he didn't have something else.

Regardless, what we have here was a clearly targeted, terrorist attack committed by an illegal immigrant on peaceful protestors asking for a terrorist regime to release innocent hostages.

This isn't something that should be controversial.

Unfortunately, for far too many people, it is. What's more, people know this. They've seen the rise of antisemitism and the normalization in certain segments of the population of outright hatred toward Jews. Once fairly well-respected personalities like Candice Owen and Glenn Greenwald have directed significant ire toward Jewish people. 

When that happens, there's really only one thing you can do, and that's deal with the fact that you're going to face the possibility of being targeted by hateful people. That means being aware of your surroundings, being cognizant of potential threats, and it means being prepared to meet them.

Molotov cocktails are deadly, sure, but that threat can be met with a bullet.

So can the vile piece of filth holding it.

I don't like living in a world where Americans have to worry about being targeted by terrorists on the streets of our cities, particularly while protesting for something that should be non-controversial, but here we are.

It's not even the first such attack. From the firebombing of the Pennsylvania governor's mansion to the murder of two Israeli Embassy staff members outside of a museum, this is the third this year, and I fear it won't be the last.

If you're someone likely to be targeted, get a gun. Learn how to use it. Carry it with you everywhere you lawfully can. I won't tell you to carry it places where you can't do so lawfully, but I will say that gun-free zones are often favored targets of these kinds of maniacs, and it's better to be tried by 12 than carried by six.

This isn't the world we want to live in, but this is the world we have.

Protect yourselves.