California/United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- We’ve discussed Eric Swalwell before, but it’s worth taking another look, given that the Congressman from California announced he’s running for President on Stephen Colbert’s show. He picked a friendly venue to make that announcement, but he’s now going further than that.
Swalwell is most notorious amongst Second Amendment supporters for threatening to use nuclear weapons against gun owners who refuse to turn in modern multi-purpose semi-automatic firearms. Just to drive a very important fact home: Justice Department statistics show that rifles and shotguns of any type – much less the modern multi-purpose semiautomatic rifles and shotguns that Swalwell particularly wants to ban – are very rarely used in crime.
Yet despite the facts, Swalwell has pushed an Australia/New Zealand-style “buyback” of these guns. If you don’t “sell” your modern multi-purpose semi-automatic firearm “back” to the government, you then get jail time – if Swalwell feels charitable. The threat of nukes, though, are still hanging overhead when he decides to take a hard line.
The “buyback” Swalwell wishes to impose upon millions of Americans who never shot up a church, school, movie theater, restaurant, concert, or other venue is enough evidence to declare that any protestations this Congressman makes about respecting the Second Amendment are lies. But while that one position is damning enough to make calling him a liar when he claims to support the Second Amendment defensible, there is far more evidence.
During a CNN town hall, Breitbart News noted that Swalwell also came out in favor of a licensing scheme and requiring gun owners to buy insurance. The former has long been a desire of anti-Second Amendment extremists (remember LBJ condemning the NRA for blocking licensing in 1968?). The latter is a way to make exercising Second Amendment rights much more difficult and expensive.
But wait, there’s more! Swalwell has pushed other infringements on our right to keep and bear arms. According to Breitbart, those provisions include the creation of a database of gun owners, “universal” background checks, and to do “what Australia did.” Swalwell even went so far as to claim that gun owners shouldn’t fear a database because it wouldn’t be used to “round up guns.”
Yeah, sure… so why is it that when New Zealand decided to revoke a license for BB guns (wait, Swalwell never mentioned requiring a license to buy a BB gun – did he?) because the gun owner expressed support for President Trump, they listed the two air rifles he would have 90 days to surrender? Or how about the experience of New York City? So, in other words, supporting pro-Second Amendment elected officials – or opposing them – could cost you your rights.
As an aside, it should be noted that when New York City created its database over five decades ago, one former police commissioner felt that a would-be gun owner would need to show “good and sufficient reason” to have a given rifle or shotgun – that the registry was a mistake in that it assumed a right to own a rifle or shotgun. Incidentally, you have to provide a reason for a given gun when trying to get a license in Australia or New Zealand. One thing that isn’t a “good and sufficient reason” to own a gun in your own home is personal protection.
Funny that Swalwell didn’t mention that. For someone who claims to support the Second Amendment, which states that “the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” he sure would do a lot of infringing if he were President. Perhaps its best if he returns to private life – and Second Amendment supporters should work to make that happen by beating him in the next election.
About Harold Hutchison
Writer Harold Hutchison has more than a dozen years of experience covering military affairs, international events, U.S. politics and Second Amendment issues. Harold was consulting senior editor at Soldier of Fortune magazine and is the author of the novel Strike Group Reagan>. He has also written for the Daily Caller, National Review, Patriot Post, Strategypage.com, and other national websites.
The Second Amendment is a BALANCE OF POWER – banning AR15 type rifles and standard full capacity magazines shifts the “balance of power” FIRMLY TO GOVERNMENT SUPERIORITY!
FACT: The Second Amendment is NOT a government “allowance” of a gun of their choosing – IT IS A RIGHT TO A CAPABILITY! The CAPABILITY of Americans to DEFEND THEIR FREEDOMS through POWER if need be. All guns do not “ENABLE THE CAPABILITY” – the guns Swalwell intends to “allow” us do NOT. The MINIMUM standard of firearm that ENABLES THE CAPABILITY is our AR15 type semi-automatic rifles and standard full capacity magazines. (10 SWAT officers kicking a door to arrest 1 man would not do it with 10 round magazines – IT WOULD PUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER –… Read more »
Guess he needs a history lesson or 2 we do have a constitution in place !! And when you are sworn in it’s to uphold the constitution!! Anything else in my opinion is treason !!!
As soon as I read, “… California Congressman…” under the picture I knew all I needed to know about this sissy-boy.
Typical Marxist. History is full of his kind. Death by Government always follows Confiscation.
I think most of us can agree that Swalwell is extremely ignorant, uninformed, and deeply invested in an agenda driven by a far-Left movement to disarm normal Americans, leaving us vulnerable and defenseless against their Socialist tyranny. This is his view of this nation’s future, and it is unacceptable. We must resist this movement with everything we have, and call Swalwell out as often as possible, every time he opens his stupid, puppet mouth. He is a caricature, another Liberal-Left robotic fool. Hell, you don’t have to be an intellectual to listen to him, and realize the folly of his… Read more »
How do these Anti-Constitution politicians get or stay in office? The Founding fathers had these morons in mind when they drafted and ratified this Masterpiece called the United States Constitution.
They lie under oath and are treasonous vipers.
Someone ought to shove a gun barrel up Swalwells ass next time he asks for our guns. he’s just yet another democrat charlatan that has vivid fantasies of being a tyranical ruler. He needs to go.
This is ANOTHER politician who promises to break his oath of office before he is elected! At least he is somewhat honest. The left, the socialists, the communists, the demoncrats and the rinos have an agenda to dispose of the second amendment. They have been cutting away at our GOD given and constitutionally protected rights to keep and bear arms for decades. If the day ever comes when the government says “turn them is, you don’t need them” you can bet your last dollar that you will need them. Anyone who would voluntarily hand over their firearms, ammo, hi-cap magazines… Read more »
He looks the part of a spoiled brat that spent his childhood playing video games and causing trouble. Maybe from a one parent home even. I know being a democrat makes one crazy but it usually surfaces in later years. This dolt has come around much sooner. Send him back to commiefornia to live with the homeless illegals, they all deserve each other. what ever is done with him, don’t let him near any important job because he will nuke it.