At least when it comes to a progressive, it is not a lie.
They won't "take" your guns, you will just be forced to "sell" them to the government.
They won't "take" away your Right, they will just make it more difficult to access that right.
So to them it is not a lie, if they FORCE you to do what they say.
Let them do. Give it 2 years to fester. Then the U.S.A. invades those "3 states" and takes enough territory to connect the "lower 45" back to Alaska. The newly acquired territory is then segmented into 6 States, giving the U.S.A. 52 total States. Oregon and Washington would become 1 State, the "New Yukon" State (formerly BC) will become another, with old CA being cut up into 4 States. That would in theory give COTUS loving States an advantage in Electoral and Congress.