Consultant Eric Swalwell has derided Republican lawmaker Ken Buck's argument that the kind of gun used within the mass capturing in Uvalde, Texas, should not be restricted as a result of it's used for pest management.

Swalwell, a Democrat who represents California's fifteenth congressional district, mocked feedback made by Buck, a Colorado Republican, in regards to the AR-15 that 18-year-old Salvador Ramos used to kill 21 folks, together with 19 youngsters, at an elementary faculty on Might 24.

Buck stated that in rural Colorado, the AR-15 is the "gun of selection for killing raccoons earlier than they get to our chickens," and was additionally the weapon used for "killing a fox."

"It's a gun that you simply management predators in your ranch, in your farm, in your property," he stated, including that denying entry to the favored semi-automatic weapons "makes completely no sense."

Rep. Ken Buck and Rep. Eric Swalwell
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell (proper) has mocked feedback from Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck about gun rights. Buck stated that AR-15s, just like the one utilized in a mass capturing final week in Uvalde, Texas, are used for pest management. Getty Photos

However Swalwell begged to vary, sharing a clip of Buck's feedback, with the sarcastic message, "Oh—Why did not y'all simply say so? Now we have to guard the chickens from the raccoons."

"Cool cool. In order that's why our children must die of their lecture rooms. So we will shield the chickens. Makes whole sense now."

In response, Buck informed Newsweek in a press release: "It is clear from these remarks that progressive Democrats don't consider there are reputable makes use of for firearms.

"The Second Modification supplies a proper to bear arms, and all of the overheated rhetoric on the earth will not change that."

The video of Buck was initially tweeted by media outlet The Recount and as of Friday morning had obtained multiple million views.

Buck is a vehement opponent of more durable gun legal guidelines and even has an inoperable locked and stripped rifle in his workplace, in keeping with CNN. In 2020, he challenged President Joe Biden, then on the marketing campaign path, and former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, who had been arguing for measures to fight gun violence, to take the semi-automatic weapon he has at work.

One other Republican lawmaker, Sen. Invoice Cassidy of Louisiana, has additionally argued that assault weapons are wanted to kill small animals, telling Vice Information that they had been used to kill "feral pigs" in his state.

The perennial debate over Second Modification rights has returned to the fore after the Uvalde capturing and different mass killings.

In addition to Uvalde, 10 folks had been killed in Might in a racially motivated mass capturing at a Buffalo, New York grocery retailer. In the meantime, this week, 4 folks had been killed in a mass capturing at a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

On Thursday, Biden urged Congress to take motion on weapons, calling for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. If this was not potential, he stated background checks wanted to be strengthened and the minimal age for buy raised from 18 to 21.

Biden additionally highlighted the necessity to "tackle the psychological well being disaster" linked to gun violence, repeating a Republican speaking level that psychological well being points had been behind the mass capturing.

Replace 06/04/22, 3 a.m. ET: This text has been up to date with a press release from Rep. Buck's workplace.