Dem calls for gun confiscation, challenges Dana Loesch on Twitter. She mops the floor with him.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) is advocating that “military-style semiautomatic assault weapons” be banned and confiscated by the government. Swalwell also proposed that the government should "buy back such weapons from all who choose to abide by the law," and that those who refuse to hand over their weapons would be “criminally prosecuted."

Swalwell took on National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch on Friday by tweeting, "We should ban assault weapons by buying them back or restricting them to ranges/clubs. #EnoughIsEnough" in response to her tweet on the topic.

High ranking Democrat Eric Swalwell calls for confiscation of semi-automatic rifles using $15billion of taxpayer dollars to do it and proposes criminally prosecuting those who don’t participate: https://t.co/tBzZXztkIU #2A

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 16, 2018

Loesch responded by asking if the Democratic congressman would “limit the ban and confiscation to semi-automatic rifles.” Swalwell tweeted his intention to limit the ban to rifles but "have universal background checks and mandatory reporting on mental health" apply to semi-auto pistols.

Fair question. Rifles. They’re more powerful and cause more carnage when used with a pistol-grip. See @ScottPelley @60Minutes piece. To reduce semi-auto pistol deaths I’d have universal background checks and mandatory reporting on mental health.

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 16, 2018

Loesch fired back with a pointed question that seemed to silence Swalwell. "Can you explain to me the difference between assault weapons and semi-automatic rifles? Is .223 ok but 30.06 not? Why?" she asked.

Can you explain to me the difference between assault weapons and semi-automatic rifles? Is .223 ok but 30.06 not? Why? https://t.co/Ew8mYiQewv

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 16, 2018

After more than two hours without an answer, Loesch posted "Re-upping my question so @RepSwalwell can see to answer." But there was still no reply.

I guess @RepSwalwell is unable to answer this question. https://t.co/9sWPLWdHsf

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 16, 2018

Ultimately, Loesch offered her own ideas for why Congressman Swalwell still failed to answer:

This simply reinforces my suspicion that Swalwell uses “assault weapon” interchangeably with “semi-auto rifle.” He wants to legislate based on a rifle’s appearance and not the actual mechanics or caliber of the rifle. (1 of a few)

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 17, 2018

He and others know enough to stop short of saying “semi-auto rifles” so they use the vague and non-technical “assault weapon” descriptor as though they only mean some rifles and not all of them. Two problems with this. (2 of a few)

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 17, 2018

First, the majority of gun homicide is due to illegally possessed handguns. This is supported by FBI UCRs (2016 for example https://t.co/R93AZfNrQB ) .

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 17, 2018

The argument also completely excludes a multitude of contributing variables from consideration, like the recidivism rate, the percentage of homicide driven by prohibited possessors, a cultural rot eroding respect for life, etc etc. (cont)

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 17, 2018

Lastly, threatening (either seriously or even facetiously, progressives tell me nuance and euphemisms are dead and everything is literal in meaning) voters with nukes because you, not they, don’t understand the argument is both bad lawmaking and advocacy.

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 17, 2018

All of this is why Swalwell wouldn’t answer my question. It’s impossible without having to admit the goal is to ban all semi-auto firearms. /finis.

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 17, 2018

On Monday's episode of “The Glenn Beck Radio Program,” Pat Gray and Stu Burguiere, who are filling in for Glenn this week, discussed the Twitter dispute and offered their own take on Swalwell's gun confiscation proposal.

Watch the video clip above to catch more of the conversation.

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