Democrats Are About to Get Their 2020 Gun Control Candidate

The 2020 Democratic presidential field is about to get even more packed, and one prospective candidate wants to make his run all about gun control.

According to a report published by The Atlantic on Thursday, staunch gun control proponent Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has made plans to announce his presidential bid on late night television next week and will “center his campaign on gun control.”

Swalwell was a vocal supporter of a major House gun control bill that passed a few weeks ago, but his track record on anti-gun legislation goes back further.

I'm not afraid of this guy. I'm not afraid of the NRA. I'm not afraid. No fear. #EndGunViolence pic.twitter.com/KcB1FRKnKR

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) April 3, 2019

In May 2018, he penned an op-ed in favor of banning and confiscating “military-style semiautomatic assault weapons” and wrote that “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.” . . .

Currently, Swalwell is an original co-sponsor of House Democrats’ “Assault Weapons Ban of 2019,” which would ban 205 firearms by name and cast a wide net against other semi-automatic guns as well as guns with “military-style” cosmetic features. (Read more from “Democrats Are About to Get Their 2020 Gun Control Candidate” HERE)

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