 While other Republicans and gun rights advocates have blasted the Trump Administration for seeming to reject the Constitutional right to bear arms, Evans has refused to take a stand.
Evans’ silence is especially notable given his background as a concealed carry instructor and “passionate pro-Second Amendment supporter” who’s taught “hundreds of Coloradans about their inalienable rights.”
Once again, Evans is proving Coloradans can’t trust a word he says.
Read the reporting for yourself…
Colorado Times Recorder: As Fellow Republicans Defend Americans’ Speech and Gun Rights, Colorado’s Conceal-Carry Instructor Congressman Won’t Comment
- Evans’ silence is notable for several reasons, perhaps none more salient than one of his lesser-known jobs outside of public office: certified concealed carry instructor.
- According to his bio, Evans “has taught hundreds of Coloradans about their inalienable rights.”
- Evans has credited gun rights advocacy as the origin of his political career.
- During his first campaign for office, running for the state legislature in 2022, a local conservative activist asked Evans if he believed that “average citizens should be able to possess the same equipment that the police officers do?”
- “Absolutely,” Evans answered. “The Second Amendment was probably my very first political issue. I am a passionate pro-Second Amendment supporter.”
- “I actually teach concealed carry classes now because I figure with 22 years of service in the military and law enforcement, you know, I probably have a pretty decent background in both not only the legal decision-making in self-defense, but the morals, the ethical, the emotional part of that — the actual tactics.”
- Once in office, Evans worked on conceal-carry legislation both during his one term as a state legislator and once elected to Congress, where he co-sponsored last year’s Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025.
- Many other conservatives have made a point of defending Pretti’s carrying of a concealed weapon by pushing back on statements from top federal law enforcement officials.
- “This might be one of the most insane things I’ve ever seen a government official say in my life. WOW,” posted Rocky Mountain Gun Owners director Ian Escalante. The NRA called Essayli’s statement “dangerous and wrong.”
- Evans did not respond to an email request for comment on ICE’s killing of Pretti and his position on the victim’s Second Amendment rights from his perspective as a firearms instructor.
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