U.S.
Rep. Eric Swalwell is a California Democrat who is considering running for
president in 2020. Like many of today’s Democrats, he has called for strict
gun-control measures. Because, you know, guns are inherently evil, and
Democrats love peace and non-violence.
Yet
Swalwell was not amused when a fellow denizen of the Twitter-verse rebuked his
stance, tweeting that Swalwell was out of his bleeping mind if he thought “I’ll
give up my rights and give the [government] all the power.” Swalwell replied
that, if there was to be a conflict between Second Amendment advocates and the
U.S. government, it would be a “short war,” because “the
government has nukes.”
So,
a member of the United States government, purporting to be concerned about
violence that could possibly stem from individuals possessing a firearm, says
that in a potential conflict between the government and gun owners, the
government might just literally nuke the deplorable bastards.
What
scares you more, your neighbor owning a shotgun with which he or she likes to
hunt pheasants and shoot trap, or your government representative saying that,
if push comes to shove, the government should just use nuclear weapons to
slaughter its wayward citizens?
“Representative”
Swalwell’s statement is exhibit A of just why the Second Amendment was— and
is— so vitally necessary.
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