Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell is thinking of running for president. Sound crazy? Is it any crazier than Michael Avenatti, Maxine Waters, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Cory Booker or any of two dozen others the Democrats might run?
That would be like trying to decide who the craziest inmate of your local insane asylum is. His latest entry for Loony of the Year is the remarks he made to gun owners this week. He says he will be coming for your guns and to remember, the government has nukes. I guess he is forgetting that little thing known as the Constitution of the United States.
Right-wing internet personality Joe Biggs tweeted at Swalwell in response to a May report that Swalwell wants to ban “military-style semiautomatic assault weapons” and prosecute gun owners who did not turn in their newly-banned weapons.
Biggs promised any such legislation would provoke a “war” between gun owners and the government, writing, “You’re outta your f*****g mind if you think I’ll give up my rights and give the gov [sic] all the power.”
Swalwell replied to Biggs that any such war between the government and gun owners would be “short” because the government has “nukes,” implying that the government would use nuclear weapons against its own citizens.
So basically @RepSwalwell wants a war. Because that’s what you would get. You’re outta your fucking mind if you think I’ll give up my rights and give the gov all the power. https://t.co/bK1GVyjFej
— Joe Biggs (@Rambobiggs) November 16, 2018
And it would be a short war my friend. The government has nukes. Too many of them. But they’re legit. I’m sure if we talked we could find common ground to protect our families and communities.
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 16, 2018
So our government would nuke its own country in order to take guns? Wow
— Joe Biggs (@Rambobiggs) November 16, 2018
Don’t be so dramatic. No one is nuking anyone or threatening that. I’m telling you this is not the 18th Century. The argument that you would go to war with your government if an assault weapons ban was in place is ludicrous and inflames the gun debate. Which is what you want. https://t.co/oX0rY7Nbs1
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 16, 2018
You’re just lying. And inflaming the issue. But hope you get more followers!
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 16, 2018
So, if you are a gun owner and Democrats get control of the government, remember the old adage, “No nukes is good nukes.”