Remember, Democrats tell us that they don’t want to take away anyone’s guns, they just want to make it harder for criminals. Right up till you get Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from California’s San Francisco Bay area, who’s co-chair of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence let’s the cat out of the bag
Eric Swalwell Unloads Gun Platform Liberals Really Want
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California wants to ban assault weapons, instate a federal gun buy back program for those who own semiautomatic weapons and criminally prosecute those who refuse to hand them over.
The representative wrote an op-ed in USA Today Thursday rolling out what he feels is the gun control policy America should adopt, one that would take weapons away from law-abiding citizens and threatens them with jail time if they refuse.
“Reinstating the federal assault weapons ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004 would prohibit manufacture and sales, but it would not affect weapons already possessed. This would leave millions of assault weapons in our communities for decades to come,†Swalwell wrote. “Instead, we should ban possession of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons, we should buy back such weapons from all who choose to abide by the law, and we should criminally prosecute any who choose to defy it by keeping their weapons.â€
It’s similar to the Australian solution, which Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama talking about a bit. It didn’t help Hillary. And Swalwell mentions Australia later in the article. But, hey, what about the 2nd Amendment?
There’s something new and different about the surviving Parkland high schoolers’ demands. They dismiss the moral equivalence we’ve made for far too long regarding the Second Amendment. I’ve been guilty of it myself, telling constituents and reporters that “we can protect the Second Amendment and protect lives.â€
In context, he’s blowing off his oath of office and making a case of “screw the Constitution, we have to Do Something!”
If this ever was passed in Congress, you know the next thing Democrats would do would be to do the same thing for other firearms. They’ll say that other rifles are dangerous, because they essentially do the same thing as the scary looking weapons. Then higher power handguns.
But, anyway, good luck, Swalwell, when almost no one turns in their rifles, and there’s video of federal forces coming after tiny women who have the rifles for self-protection. You can bet a lot of law enforcement will refuse to participate in confiscation.
