2020 Candidate Eric Swalwell: Gun Violence Would Be 'My Top Priority As President'
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California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, one of nearly two dozen candidates jockeying for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, says addressing gun violence would be his top priority if he wins the White House.
“We’ve gone shooting to shooting and we see nothing happening,” Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) tells Here & Now.
In addition to passing stricter background checks, Swalwell says he plans to call for a ban on all assault weapons as well as for the creation of a nationwide gun buyback program.
“My plan — and we’ve introduced it into the Congress — would have a two-year period to buy the weapons back at market rate,” he says. “If people do not want to sell their assault weapon
