The Democratic presidential candidate is defending his mandatory buyback plan after telling gun owners, "Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15."
Beto O’Rourke ― who made waves on the Democratic presidential debate stage when he put gun owners on notice, warning them he would take their military-style firearms ― said Friday that his fellow Texans in the open carry state don’t mind turning over their weapons.
“And even from those Texans who own AR-15s, they’ve told me this themselves ― ’I don’t need this. I don’t need it to hunt, I don’t need it to protect myself. It was fun to use. I like taking it out to the range, but if giving this back, or cutting it to pieces, or selling it to the government helps to keep us safer, then by all means, let’s do it,’” he added.
In an impassioned call for gun control during the Thursday debate, O’Rourke decried weapons “designed to kill people on a battlefield,” vowing to take action if elected. Later clarifying his position in a separate MSNBC interview, O’Rourke noted the public would simply be legally required to participate in his proposed mandatory buyback program for semi-automatic weapons.
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