Gun control lawmaker calls for 'actual weapons' against Musk, DOGE
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California) reminded the country last week why the Second Amendment is so vital to the United States.
The former Long Beach mayor called on the Democratic Party to “bring actual weapons” in the “fight for democracy.”
Those are chilling and dangerous words coming from a lawmaker who wants to strip every law-abiding citizen of their rights to keep and bear arms. Rep. Garcia made the call to action at the same time he used derogatory language to belittle Elon Musk, who has been heading up President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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The remarks weren’t the product of heated and passionate debate. He planned them. Rep Garcia brought a poster-sized photo of Musk to the hearing, referring to the image as a “d— pic.”
After that, he doubled down. On both his foul language and his call to arms.
“I think [Musk is] also harming the American public in an enormous way,” Rep. Garcia told CNN’s host Brianna Keilar, according to Fox News. “And what I think is really important and what the American public want is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. This is an actual fight for democracy, for the future of this country.”
Inciting 'threats of violence'
The row is rooted in President Trump’s slashing of the federal workforce, a promise he made on the campaign trail. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) wasn’t standing for it. She quickly introduced a censure resolution, saying “violence, threats of violence, or attempts to incite violence against Federal employees should not be tolerated in the House of Representatives.”
“The Left is running like roaches with the light on over @DOGE,” Rep. Mace posted on X. “@RepRobertGarcia went far beyond the pale last night, calling for weapons to be used against @ElonMusk. This won’t be ignored. We’re making an example out of him.”
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Rep. Garcia dismissed anyone considering taking him at his word for American citizens to heed his call and take up arms for his agenda.
“Obviously, I was using a figure of speech,” Rep. Garcia told The Long Beach Post.
Except he wasn’t. And he didn’t. Rep. Garcia said he wanted the Democratic Party to “bring actual weapons.” Then he doubled down on it.
This might be the first time Rep. Garcia has indicated any support for private firearm ownership. He’s in favor of banning modern sporting rifles (MSRs) and banning adults under 21 from possessing a firearm. He also wants so-called “universal background checks,” which would require a national firearm registry to work, and it would be very convenient that Rep. Garcia would know exactly who owned what firearms and where they are stored. Rep. Garcia wants to institute a federal licensing system. That would be even more convenient because he could ensure only those who support his political agenda would be approved.
Sound Orwellian enough? Not for Rep. Garcia. He wants people to “bring actual weapons” in his fight against President Trump and those carrying out his agenda. That’s an actual threat of war. Pitting Americans against a duly elected president and the administration carrying out that president’s agenda — and the duly elected Congress and the judiciary — isn’t only maniacal. It’s the very definition of tyranny.
Second Amendment solution
That’s exactly why the Founding Fathers included the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights — to protect the citizens against a tyrannical government. The framers drafted the Bill of Rights — including the Second Amendment — after throwing off a tyrannical government that kicked off their oppression by ignoring the will of the people it governed and attempted to seize their arms.
James Madison drafted the Second Amendment and is also believed to have drafted Federalist 51, in which he famously wrote, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.”
But Madison recognized then what we’re seeing today. Those representing us in Congress are no angels. The Second Amendment is the guardrail against that by telling the government what it cannot do. The biggest check on a tyrannical government is an armed citizenry. It literally says it in the text — see the part about being necessary for the security of a free state.
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
This isn’t the first time a sitting member of Congress — or even a president — has threatened war against U.S. citizens who dare to exercise their freedoms. Rep. Eric Swalwell did it in 2018. President Biden did it as recently as 2024. Both times, they were in response to calls to ban guns from those who obey the law.
Get that? They threaten to break laws to seize the guns that Americans would use to guard against a tyrannical government that threatens war against gun owners. Does that sound as crazy as it seems? Well, that’s because it is.
These same lawmakers scratch their heads and wonder why we won’t “compromise” with their gun-grabbing schemes.
That violent rhetoric shouldn’t be tolerated — not in the streets and certainly not in the U.S. Capitol — by a sitting member of Congress. However, true to form, those who want to steal away gun rights from law-abiding Americans are particularly verbose in threatening war when it suits their political agenda.
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