An Open Letter To Rep. Eric Swalwell

By Tom Knighton

Late last week, California Rep. Eric Swalwell decided to double-down on previous anti-gun comments. In the process, he sparked a debate that led to one of the worst possible comments an elected official could make.

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

That’s right, he implied that the United States government would use nukes to deal with Second Amendment activists who resist gun confiscation.

With that in mind, I wanted to pen a bit of an open letter to Rep. Swalwell.

Dear Rep. Swalwell.

On Friday, I fired up Twitter to see what was going on and I saw something baffling. That was the above tweet where you respond to someone warning of a civil war in the even your assault weapon confiscation scheme ever came to fruition. You actually brought up nuclear weapons.

Seriously?

You then began to mischaracterize the entire thing, first calling it “sarcasm” while still ignoring the reality that you brought up the argument of nuking Americans who disagree with you. Then you tweet …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms