The mating rituals of the Trumpus Bronium are a well-documented thing. They grab stuff. They allegedly say things like, “You’re a smart girl” and “You are special.” They hunt for their potential mates at celebrity golf tournaments, at fashion shows, on set at The Celebrity Apprentice. Sometimes, when they’re feeling generous, they introduce their offspring multiple times over, just to make sure the introduction sticks. When they’re serious, they exchange publicity for a large diamond ring. Then they migrate to Florida for an elaborate ceremony on their preferred breeding grounds, the majestic Mar-a-Lago.

There’s less understanding of divorce rituals in the scientific community. The sample size is limited to one Trumpus Bronium, twice over, but now that Donald Trump Jr. is embarking on his own separation journey, it’s possible to discern some trends. The elder’s divorces played out in Page Six or the New York Daily News, and it appears Trump Jr.’s split from Vanessa Trump will also suffer the same tabloid fate. Although “suffer” is probably the wrong word here. It is both the Trumps’ and the tabloids’ wont in life to chronicle the niceties of the divorce proceedings of the city’s social creatures for generations to come. Anyway, they begin living “separate lives,” and while they focus on the children, they let anonymous sourcing do the dirty work.

But now there’s a curious development in these disentanglement mores: the soothing promise of a Pennsylvania concealed-carry gun permit. According to Page Six, prior to Vanessa Trump filing for divorce, Trump Jr. applied for the permit in Lackawanna County, which is a couple hours by car from the Upper East Side. It‘s unclear at present why he chose that particular county in which to submit his application (the permit itself is non-transferrable to New York, but is applicable in other states with less-stringent gun laws than his home state), and Trump Jr. did not respond to the publication’s requests for comment. But it’s a stressful time for Donny; perhaps he's simply returning to his early hits: big-game and target shooting.