Ban assault weapons, buy them back, go after resisters: Ex-prosecutor in Congress
…Reinstating the federal assault weapons ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004 would prohibit manufacture and sales, but it would not affect weapons already possessed. This would leave millions of assault weapons in our communities for decades to come. Instead, 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. The ban would not apply to law enforcement agencies or shooting clubs.
…The Parkland teens have taught us there is no right more important than every student’s right to come home after class. The right to live is supreme over any other.
At least Eric Swalwell is being honest where the majority of Democrats refuse to be. Instead, they always talk about “compromise”. The problem is that the compromise they offer only goes one way: they want, we give. It’s time to get in their faces and go “and what are YOU willing to give up in return?!?!?!”; it is time to stand up and tell these Anti-Constitutionalists “No further”.
The commentors ripped Salwell to shreds. For starters: “Eric Sawlwell, You need to Volunteer, Bulk Up, Man Up and be the first one in my door to take my rights!”. There was also a Progressive anti-gunner by the name of Jacqueline Blaszka Campbell that that decided the old phrase “better to remain quiet than to speak out and remove all doubt” didn’t apply to her (emphasis mine):
