'Gun Guy' Walz Should Ask Noem for Pointers on Competence

With the Harris-Walz campaign in free fall — especially among men — Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz decided to exhibit his manliness by inviting a crew of reporters and photojournalists out for opening day of pheasant-hunting season over the weekend.

But he got shown how to do it by the governor of a neighboring state.

Both Walz and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris have struggled to make any headway with Second Amendment supporters. Harris has repeatedly said she supports gun confiscation, which she calls a “buyback.”

And when Walz transitioned from representing a rural congressional district to running for governor, his support for the Second Amendment went right into the dumpster.

He went from having a coveted “A” rating from the National Rifle Association, to stating in an op-ed that the NRA was “the biggest single obstacle to passing the most basic measures to prevent gun violence in America.” There went that “A” rating.

To get back into the good graces of law-abiding gun owners, Harris said that she owns a Glock handgun, and “of course” she’s fired it, while Walz claimed to be a “gun guy.”

He tried to demonstrate his “gun guy” skills Saturday at the 12th annual Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener, but it didn’t go quite as expected. He didn’t appear to have a working knowledge of the art of loading a shotgun.

Even MSNBC, which taped the event, saw it for what it was — a last-ditch play for votes, according to the Trump War Room.

“MSNBC implies that Tim Walz going pheasant hunting is nothing more than a desperate attempt to make up ground with male voters,” they surmised. “Sorry Tim, men aren’t voting for a gun grabber.”

In addition, everyone noticed that the photos and video depicted everyone milling around in what appeared to be new hunting attire, but with one essential element missing.

“Uh, if he’s pheasant hunting, where are the shotguns?” asked Tim Murtaugh, author, Washington Times columnist and podcast host.

“Total photo op staged by Harris-Walz and @pheasants4ever not fooling anybody.”

Author, columnist and commentator Tammy Bruce agreed.

“Yeah, this looks more like a photo op where you're pretending to be something you're not,” she said. “Which of course is exactly what the Harris/Walz candidacy is all about.”

Someone eventually shot a photo of Walz looking out in the distance with a shotgun in hand, prompting a Twitter/X account named Kamala’s Wins to say, “This is what our next Vice President looks like.”

She spoke too soon. CBS News campaign reporter Shawna Mizelle posted a video of Walz struggling to load the shotgun. He told her that it was a Beretta and added, “I bought it when I was we shooting a lot of trap,”

As he attempted to load the shotgun, he told Mizelle, “It never fits quite right, it’s not quite right.”

Whatever the issue was, it brought to mind the image of Elmer Fudd.

“Watch Tim Walz struggle to load his shotgun and then complain that the kick usually hurts his shoulder,” said Amber Duke, Washington, D.C. editor for The Spectator. “Men everywhere are in awe”

Mizelle closed by listing the day’s statistics:

3 hours long
1 pheasant shot
No carcass recovered

If they didn’t recover a carcass, it may be that one pheasant was shot at, but none were actually hit — especially given that the hunt included at least one dog.

So apparently, no birds were injured in the filming of this production.

Mizelle added that “according to my Apple Watch I walked 7,864 steps and 3.65 miles.” So it was like a day on the treadmill for her.

This was a far cry from a video posted by Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., four years earlier.

South Dakota shares most of its eastern border with Minnesota, and in late September, 2020 many Democrat-led states, including Minnesota, were in lockdown.

While Walz told Minnesotans to spy on their neighbors and report if they were breaking COVID restrictions, Norm kept her state free.

She released a video of herself in a cornfield with a shotgun. She looked into the camera and said, “this is how we do social distancing in our state.”

She then turned around, shot a pheasant in mid-flight, turned back to the camera and said, “less COVID, more hunting: That’s the plan for the future.”

Before Walz put on his little “mighty hunter gun guy” show, he should have asked for some pointers on how to appear competent. He should have asked his neighbor. He should have asked his lady neighbor.

Kristi Noem would have been happy to shown him how to look like a man.

Michael Dorstewitz is a retired lawyer and has been a frequent contributor to Newsmax. He is also a former U.S. Merchant Marine officer and a Second Amendment supporter. Read Michael Dorstewitz's Reports — More Here.