They Said Biden Wouldn’t Come for Our Guns. The Plan Says Otherwise.

In 2022, Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell wrote a piece in Newsweek titled, “President Biden Does Not Want to Take Your Guns Away.” He accused Republicans of spreading fear. “No one is coming for your guns,” he wrote. “We respect the Second Amendment,” he added. He made it sound like the debate was over.

But in 2025, a declassified document proved Swalwell was wrong—and possibly knew it.

On April 16, 2025, then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified the Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism.

As promised, I have declassified the Biden Administration’s Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism.

Read it here: https://t.co/VAXDHkgZTK https://t.co/oNXjKDqamc pic.twitter.com/p9co00Scge

— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) April 16, 2025

This multi-agency plan had been quietly signed and put into motion by the Biden administration back in June 2021. The contents are alarming. This wasn’t just a strategy to stop violence. It was a roadmap for using federal agencies, public health systems, tech companies, and education programs to track, flag, and isolate what they defined as “domestic threats.”

They didn’t need to say the word “gun ban.” They just rewrote the definitions, rewired the bureaucracy, and laid the foundation to restrict your right to own one.

Reframe the Problem: Gun Owners as Pre-Criminals

The plan doesn’t start by targeting criminals. It starts by targeting people before they do anything illegal. The focus is on “radicalization,” “concerning behavior,” and “non-violent extremism.” They even use terms like “lethal means” instead of “firearms,” as if calling it something else makes it less obvious.

They built a framework where gun ownership is lumped in with things like disinformation, hate speech, and a lack of trust in government. The result? If you’re outspoken, skeptical of official narratives, and you own a gun, you’re a threat in their eyes.

This is not public safety. This is pre-crime wrapped in polite language.

Bureaucracy Is the Weapon

Let’s talk about how they planned to do it. The strategy is subtle but powerful:

1. Red Flag Expansion
   The plan urges states to adopt and expand “Extreme Risk Protection Orders.” These let the government take someone’s guns away based on a report from a friend, relative, or even a therapist. You don’t need to be charged. You don’t need to be convicted. Just flagged. The feds also offer grants and technical support to help states get it done faster.
2. Mental Health as a Surveillance Tool

   Agencies like HHS, DOJ, and the VA are tasked with creating training programs for doctors, social workers, and school staff. These programs teach professionals how to identify people who might pose a risk—again, not because they broke a law, but because they showed “warning signs.” You can guess what some of those signs are: isolation, political anger, and interest in gun rights.

3. Digital Literacy Means Narrative Control
   The plan calls for funding “digital literacy” programs to help students and communities identify “extremist content” online. That might sound helpful until you realize it means the federal government will decide what speech is acceptable. Pro-2A content, conspiracy discussions, even satire—any of it could get swept into this net.
4. Watchlists for Domestic Cases
   One of the most chilling parts: the plan calls for expanding databases like TIDE and the Terrorist Screening Database to include domestic cases—even when there’s no foreign connection. These databases are used by law enforcement, employers, and even TSA. Imagine winding up on one because of your Facebook post or your group membership.

“We’re Just Trying to Keep You Safe”

The plan doesn’t propose repealing the Second Amendment. It doesn’t call for door-to-door confiscation. That’s the point. This isn’t an open assault—it’s a quiet chokehold.

They focus on prevention, which sounds good. But prevention means action before a crime. And to do that, the system needs a list. A watchlist. A database. A profile. That’s how you get flagged as a “risk” just for buying the wrong rifle or sharing the wrong meme.

The government doesn’t need to take your gun if it can:

• Flag you as a potential threat.
• Revoke your license
• Freeze your purchase
• Suspend your carry permit.
• Get a judge to sign off on a red-flag seizure.

And it doesn’t have to be the feds. The plan builds partnerships with schools, hospitals, tech companies, local law enforcement, and even nonprofits. The monitoring happens from every angle.

Swalwell’s Claim Didn’t Hold Up

Let’s go back to Eric Swalwell. In 2022, he mocked conservatives who said Biden would chip away at gun rights. He called those concerns dishonest. But Swalwell, a former prosecutor and high-profile House member, had no excuse not to know what was going on behind the scenes.

The plan was already in motion. The National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism had already been released in June 2021. The implementation framework followed soon after. Federal agencies were already writing reports, building tools, and assigning staff. Swalwell may not have written the plan, but his party signed off on it. And he used his platform to downplay what they were doing.

The lie wasn’t in what he said. It was in what he didn’t say.

What Could Have Happened

If Biden had won re-election in 2024, this plan would be in full effect right now. The structure was already built. Every pillar—information sharing, pre-crime prevention, law enforcement coordination, and cultural re-education—was mapped out.

You’d have seen:

• More red flag cases with less evidence
• Doctors and therapists quietly reporting patients
• Students flagged for edgy opinions
• Gun owners tracked without charges
• Social media content monitored, suppressed and reported

And all of it runs through agencies that don’t need a warrant or a jury to act.

Bottom Line

This wasn’t a theory. It was a plan. Signed, implemented, and nearly buried—Donald Trump won the Presidency and Tulsi Gabbard made it public.

Gun rights aren’t just threatened by laws. They’re threatened by systems. When the government redefines law-abiding Americans as potential threats, they don’t need to ban anything. They just need to “protect” you hard enough.

Swalwell said no one was coming for your guns. The Biden administration wrote a 50-page manual showing exactly how they would. They just hoped you wouldn’t notice.

Curt

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