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Rep. Eric Swalwell Thinks Gun Confiscation Will Work Out Fine Because Government Has Nukes
Reason ^ | 11/16/18 | Brian Doherty

Posted on 11/17/2018 5:28:05 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

What does it take to get a U.S. House member to...very publicly threaten to nuke American citizens who want to defend their constitutional rights under the Second Amendment?

Nothing more than pushing back on Twitter against that congressman, Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.)'s proposal from earlier this year to fully ban and buy back every one of what he wants to designate as "assault weapons" with the added bonus of "criminally prosecut[ing] any who choose to defy it."

Rep. Swalwell, willing to make sure the war against any possible American citizen resistance over gun confiscation doesn't fall into the endless quagmire of so many other guerrilla wars of the past century, reminds the citizen that while the government as represented by him wants your guns, it has something far stronger it would be perfectly happy to use if you complain:"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."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: 7ththreadin12hours; nuclearweapons; nukes; postedseveraltimes; swalwell
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1 posted on 11/17/2018 5:28:05 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Such an idiot.


2 posted on 11/17/2018 5:31:51 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

There are two ways to look at the profound stupidity of our Democrats.
The first is that they are so laughable that they will eventually be ignored so that they can play with their dolls.
The second is that we should be very worried that substantial portions of the population are so publik skoooooled that they actually think that these cretins should lead us.
I’m tending toward way two, which sadly will end in violence.


3 posted on 11/17/2018 5:32:19 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

This is exactly why we have the 2nd Amendment.


4 posted on 11/17/2018 5:33:50 AM PST by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
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To: Da Coyote

Using a weapon with so much power you could destroy an entire city, just because someone has a gun? That’s just evil, hateful, and stupid all in the same package.


5 posted on 11/17/2018 5:34:55 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Morpheus2009
Such an idiot.

Nope,it's worse than that.Much worse,in fact.This pig's attitude is straight out of Rules For Radicals as well as the works of Bill Ayers.I refer you to the early edition of the New York Times of 9/11/2001.

6 posted on 11/17/2018 5:35:08 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Said to King Leonidas of Sparta at Thermopylae with his 700 Greeks facing more than 100,000 Persians: “Surrender your Arms”.

His answer: “Take them”.


7 posted on 11/17/2018 5:36:02 AM PST by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
So his argument is that you don't need an AR-15 because the government isn't tyrannical, but if you don't comply the government will nuke your entire town or city.

If a Republican had said, "If you don't stop murdering your children in abortion mills, we'll nuke you." There would be howls for his immediate removal, arrest, and a stint at GITMO for being a domestic terrorist.

Instead, the demoncraps want to make him president.

8 posted on 11/17/2018 5:38:05 AM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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To: Da Coyote

Our Democrats? I don’t think so, I don’t claim a one of them. Maybe Stalin’s Democrats or Mao’s, but ours? Uh unn


9 posted on 11/17/2018 5:43:48 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Morpheus2009

“Using a weapon with so much power you could destroy an entire city, just because someone has a gun? That’s just evil, hateful, and stupid all in the same package.”

I simply cannot agree with you more. Now let’s see here, has something similar ever happened before, I mean a government exterminating it’s own citizens en masse?

Hmmmm. Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot all come to mind. And they were all socialists/communists. But we don’t have that here, do we?

Wait a minute. We have a little darling just elected, proudly promoting herself as a socialist. And the nutjob making the statement is from Kommie Kali.


10 posted on 11/17/2018 5:47:40 AM PST by redfreedom
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

So they can’t find 30 million illegal aliens, but they’re going to find 300 million guns. Why don’t they just nuke the illegal aliens instead?


11 posted on 11/17/2018 5:48:42 AM PST by real saxophonist (One side has guns and training. Other side's primary concern is 'gender identity'. Who's gonna win?)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Gun owners are becoming what Stalin called the kulaks.


12 posted on 11/17/2018 5:57:04 AM PST by Spok
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To: QBFimi

The actual quote is MOLON LABE, or “Come and take them.”


13 posted on 11/17/2018 5:58:11 AM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Hey Swallow boy: we don’t have to fight the military, just little sh!ts like you.


14 posted on 11/17/2018 6:00:33 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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If he is threatening possible military action against U.S. citizens he is barking up the wrong tree. He apparently has absolutely no clue where the sentiments of U.S. service members stand. Cannons can always be turned.


15 posted on 11/17/2018 6:06:16 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Swallows doesn’t literally mean nuking red cities. He means that if communists gain a permanent majority as in CA, they will happily use the police power of the state to confiscate guns. CA and Oregon are already conducting raids under the red flag laws.

What will be the tripwire for we 2A supporters to stand and fight? A federal law outlawing semi automatic weapons?? A confiscation incident gone bad? What will be the last straw?


16 posted on 11/17/2018 6:10:02 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: bk1000

He’s a sick fantasist. The president would never release a nuclear device for use against our own citizens. I also suspect that in an insurrection the military would side with the right regardless bjof who was president.


17 posted on 11/17/2018 6:10:32 AM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buarsh)
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To: Openurmind

But don’t military side with the POTUS and their commanding officers. We have seen one totalitarian regime after another where people will execute their parents and children over government orders...


18 posted on 11/17/2018 6:10:34 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: redfreedom

I guess he doesn’t know that his electricity, water, food and other comforts of life come from/pass through flyover country.


19 posted on 11/17/2018 6:12:12 AM PST by Henry Cavendish
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To: Henry Cavendish

The little people in the city have the power concerns the military and the government have backup generators bunkers and an entourage for key facilities.


20 posted on 11/17/2018 6:14:40 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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