Eric Swalwell Confirms He Would Imprison Gunowners

Global warming hoaxer Jay Inslee isn’t the only presidential aspirant in the overcrowded Democrat field to run on a single issue. Eric Swalwell thinks we should elect him POTUS so that he can confiscate our firearms. Those who defy him would go to jail:

Jake Tapper: So, gun control is the central plank in your campaign. You wrote last year — quote — “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.” Criminal prosecution for keeping assault weapons. What’s the punishment for people who don’t hand in their guns? Do they go to jail?

Eric Swalwell: Well, Jake, they would… I want to do what Australia did and New Zealand just recently did. I think this issue just needs some bold leadership to do it.

“Bold” in this context means “tyrannical.”

It should be noted that “military-style assault weapons” is a slippering concept, and deliberately so. It facilitates progressives’ incremental approach to disarming the public. The reference to Australia makes clear that Swalwell would not stop at confiscating AR-15s.

At least this time Swalwell refrained from threatening to use nuclear weapons against recalcitrant gun owners.

The Founding Fathers would not have been surprised to see someone run for President on the promise that he would throw people in jail for exercising their Constitutional rights. The Constitution exists in the first place to protect us from people like Eric Swalwell.

Hat tips: Whatfinger, Townhall.

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