Beto O’Rourke Says People Will Comply, Surrender AR-15s Under His Ban

[txradioguy]

Democrat presidential hopeful Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke suggests citizens will comply and surrender their AR-15s if his proposed ban is put into place.
O’Rourke anticipates citizens’ automatic compliance will erase any need for police to go door-to-door.

The Washington Examiner quoted O’Rourke saying, “I don’t see the law enforcement going door to door. I see Americans complying with the law. I see us working with gun owners, non-gun owners, local, county, state, federal law enforcement to come up with the best possible solution.”

He added, “I have yet to meet an owner of an AR-15 who thinks it’s OK that we have these kind of mass killings in this country.”

When asked to clarify his plan for enforcement of the ban, O’Rourke said, “How do you — how do we enforce any law? There’s a significant reliance on people complying with the law.”

The Democrat presidential hopeful is counting on Americans to simply hand over their AR-15s, AK-47s, and other commonly-owned semiautomatic rifles if the government tells them to do so.

During the September 3, 2019, airing of ABC’s The View, host Meghan McCain warned there will be violence if the government tries to take away AR-15s.

She said, “The AR-15 is by far the most popular gun in America. … I was just in the middle of nowhere Wyoming, [and] if you’re talking about going and taking people’s guns away from them, there’s going to be a lot of violence.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/09/beto-orourke-says-people-will-comply-surrender-ar-15s-under-his-ban/

[txradioguy]

This idiot actually thinks we're just gonna smile and happily give our guns over to the Federal government.   

[Sanguine]

 

[thackney]

This idiot actually thinks we're just gonna smile and happily give our guns over to the Federal government.   

No, he thinks the public believes him when he says it won't lead to confiscation by police.

[Bigun]

Robert Francis says all kinds of stuff none of which is worth listening to.

[skeeter]

What else can Robert Francis 鼻涕 O'Rourke say? Possible answers are

a) people will ignore my ban, causing me to look silly & impotent
b) people will ignore my ban, causing the government to forcefully confiscate the weapons
c) people will comply with my ban

The reality will resemble a combination of all three, and anything less than full compliance means a disaster for the government.

[Cyber Liberty]

This idiot actually thinks we're just gonna smile and happily give our guns over to the Federal government.   

He probably learnt that from Fineswine. 

[Wingnut]

The great thing about Irish Bob is he will continue to be a Nacho for the rest of his days.

[Elderberry]

I take he has never read Thoreau's  "Civil Disobedience".

[bigheadfred]

Dint they make a documentary about this fool a while back?

[240B]

What else can Robert Francis 鼻涕 O'Rourke say? Possible answers are

a) people will ignore my ban, causing me to look silly & impotent
b) people will ignore my ban, causing the government to forcefully confiscate the weapons
c) people will comply with my ban

The reality will resemble a combination of all three, and anything less than full compliance means a disaster for the government.

The Left is continuing their race to sound the most Stalinist.
Can't imagine what in the world they are thinking?
Living in their totalitarian Communist echo chambers, they don't seem to realize that the number of people in America who actually want and would vote for an authoritarian Police State is miniscule. Keep in mind that for whatever incomprehensible reason when the Leftists propose all these confiscatory State Edicts, confiscating wealth, confiscating property, confiscating weapons, mandating through force of State Power what you are required to 'believe' and what you are not allowed to believe, what opinions you can and cannot hold, they think they are appealing to the majority of voters. Who knows what in the world gave them that idea?

They may get some far Left voters who actually are real Communists. They will get Hollywood votes, of course. They will get some illegal and college student votes who are too stupid to know what they are voting for. But the majority of Americans want nothing to do with the forced imposition of a U.S.S.A. type government.

[Free Vulcan]

There won't be alot of cops that enforce this. In the rural area where most of these types of guns are, everyone knows their value for home protection.

[bigheadfred]

There won't be alot of cops that enforce this. In the rural area where most of these types of guns are, everyone knows their value for home protection.

I have a cop friend who told me if TSHTF the badge comes off.

[Smokin Joe]

QED: Beto is non compos mentis.

[roamer_1]

During the September 3, 2019, airing of ABC’s The View, host Meghan McCain warned there will be violence if the government tries to take away AR-15s.

She said, “The AR-15 is by far the most popular gun in America. … I was just in the middle of nowhere Wyoming, [and] if you’re talking about going and taking people’s guns away from them, there’s going to be a lot of violence.”

Every now and then, a blind hog finds an acorn...

And before anyone objects to my use of that adage... I know she's not physically blind.

[verga]

No, he thinks the public believes him when he says it won't lead to confiscation by police.

I think a lot of them will just ignore this "law"

[verga]

Every now and then, a blind hog finds an acorn...

And before anyone objects to my use of that adage... I know she's not physically blind.

I see what you did there. 

[txradioguy]

I think a lot of them will just ignore this "law"

Yup...this kind of mandatory turn in will be ignored just like the mandatory turn in of "high capacity" magazines in New Jersey.

[Smokin Joe]

Yup...this kind of mandatory turn in will be ignored just like the mandatory turn in of "high capacity" magazines in New Jersey.

Or the Canadian Long Gun registry, which was eventually scrapped.

[Bigun]

I think a lot of them will just ignore this "law"

"... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any
government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one MAKES them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
......just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted -- and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."

- p.411,
Ayn Rand, ATLAS SHRUGGED, Signet Books, NY, 1957

[txradioguy]

Or the Canadian Long Gun registry, which was eventually scrapped.

Yeah that worked out well for them didn't it?

Sadly I think our progressives are more of the bloodline of Stalin...they won't go "ok we were wrong" and walk away when their scheme fails.

[skeeter]

The Left is continuing their race to sound the most Stalinist.
Can't imagine what in the world they are thinking?
Living in their totalitarian Communist echo chambers, they don't seem to realize that the number of people in America who actually want and would vote for an authoritarian Police State is miniscule. Keep in mind that for whatever incomprehensible reason when the Leftists propose all these confiscatory State Edicts, confiscating wealth, confiscating property, confiscating weapons, mandating through force of State Power what you are required to 'believe' and what you are not allowed to believe, what opinions you can and cannot hold, they think they are appealing to the majority of voters. Who knows what in the world gave them that idea?

They may get some far Left voters who actually are real Communists. They will get Hollywood votes, of course. They will get some illegal and college student votes who are too stupid to know what they are voting for. But the majority of Americans want nothing to do with the forced imposition of a U.S.S.A. type government.

Whatever happens from now on it'll be fun to watch whomever gets the nomination try to cover all of the ground back from the leftwing nether regions where they currently sit to the middle ground by election time. Warp speed ain't gonna cut it.

[Cyber Liberty]

Yeah that worked out well for them didn't it?

Sadly I think our progressives are more of the bloodline of Stalin...they won't go "ok we were wrong" and walk away when their scheme fails.

No, they will just ratchet the penalty further North until possession of a 30-round mag fetches 20-life in Prison.  Both "Parties" will participate.

[Smokin Joe]

No, they will just ratchet the penalty further North until possession of a 30-round mag fetches 20-life in Prison.  Both "Parties" will participate.

At some point, that insanity will be apparent to even the most triggered and stupid.

Possession of a piece of folded metal, a flat bit, a piece of molded plastic and a spring, incapable of firing a bullet.

In the meantime, back to zip guns...

[roamer_1]

I see what you did there.