By Larry Keane
Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) 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).
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.”
‘Incite 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-S.C.) 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.”
The Left is running like roaches with the light on over @DOGE. @RepRobertGarcia went far beyond the pale last night, calling for weapons to be used against @ElonMusk.
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) February 13, 2025
This won’t be ignored. We’re making an example out of him.👇 pic.twitter.com/wK8SLGN4J8
Rep. Garcia dismissed anyone considering taking him at his work 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.
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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 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 – 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 NSSF and others 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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How did they define insurrection?
Hopefully Trump will win his crusade to reform our nation and we’ll get a “Golden Age”.
If not many of us are ready and willing for someone like Trump or General Flynn to issue a call to arms and we’ll see how it works out for the communist.
Semper Fi and Can Do
I guess January 6 never happened. Oh, that’s right. Nobody was incited to violence. An armed insurrection didn’t take place. Nobody was injured or killed. Everyone respected the rule of law. Oh dear, yes let’s ‘make an example of him’. Hypocrisy knows no limits.
Mr. Garcia , The United States form of government is not
a ” democracy ” . It is a representative republic , and was
from its founding . Any student that paid attention in
highschool government class knows the difference and
can easily point that out .
He doesn’t want doge to stop to save democracy he wants it to stop to save bureaucracy!
They get many people to agree with them by promising “we only want reasonable and common-sense restrictions on firearms.” They are not capable of either reasonableness or common-sense. They already have thousands of gun laws on the books. All of them failures. Stay safe. j
Garcia better ask Matthew Mendez for permission before starting a fight.
That clown is a true inspiration to the Democratic party. He knows they’ve been caught; a shootout is the only way out. And to think his party has been trying to outlaw all guns for years. You folks made your bed, now sleep in it.
I see “his” (it’s) silhouette showing up on cardboard at the shooting ranges soon. I’ll take a dozen. vote blue? F-you
Garcia is guilty of insurrection, treason and being a physical threat to members of congress. The Sargent of arms in congress should arrest him and he should be prosecuted, and censured. He’s a traitor, and a home grown terrorist. His new address should be Guantánamo Bay.
The fact that you include the full text of the tweet later in the article, which shows that it was clearly a metaphor, shows that you know that you are misrepresenting it Mr Garcia’s statement in your headline and first paragraph. Stop lying to your readers, Mr. Keane
Can’t Trump have something done to this moron? This is just way out of line. He needs to be removed from office and arrested then tried to the full extent of the law.
We are all Charles Sumner and Nancy Mace is a perfect fit for Preston Brooks. “Hit him again”
if they don’t bring muskets then they are lying hypocrites!