Democrats bristle at O'Rourke's vow to confiscate guns

[libertybele]

Democrats bristle at O'Rourke's vow to confiscate guns

Beto O’Rourke’s impassioned promise to implement a mandatory buyback of high-capacity firearms from Americans to try to address the country’s epidemic of gun violence is not sitting well with many Democrats.

“Beto’s one human being. He gave his own opinion, OK? I think it was very harmful to make it look like all the Democrats,” Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. “I can tell you one thing: [Beto] is not taking my guns away from me. You tell Beto that OK?”

During last week’s Democratic presidential debate in Houston, O’Rourke spoke of his advocacy for gun control in the wake of mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and his hometown of El Paso, Texas. Specifically, O’Rourke was asked whether certain guns already owned by many Americans should be confiscated.

“Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” O’Rourke responded. “We’re not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.”

In a Wednesday tweet, President Trump said O’Rourke’s words “made it much harder to make a deal” with Congress on gun control.

While Manchin is an avowed gun rights advocate who has boasted of his support from the National Rifle Association, he is far from the only Democrat calling out O’Rourke over his statement.............

https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-bristle-at-o-rourkes-vow-to-confiscate-guns-you-tell-beto-that-ok-205103038.html

[Chosen Daughter]

Beto thinks he is going to take them by fining people till they surrender them.

[catfish1957]

Beto thinks he is going to take them by fining people till they surrender them.

They better buy a bunch of boats to confiscate all of mine that fell in the lake.   

[libertybele]

 â€œWe’re not going to allow it (guns) to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.”  What an idiot.  He obviously as usual hasn't thought this through.  What about the guns that have been obtained illegally in order to commit a crime??  Those are the guns that he needs to confiscate and that's never going to happen.  IF he thinks he'd be able to do so, I'd love to hear the b.s. he comes up with as to how he thinks he's going to stop criminals from getting guns.  The guy is off his rocker and is part of the liberal bat crap crazy club.

[Fishrrman]

Title:
"Democrats bristle at O'Rourke's vow to confiscate guns"

The only reason that they're "bristling" is because O'Rourke had the timerity to state it right out loud in language that cannot be refuted or parsed away.

But I'll bet a whole lot of 'em are really nodding in agreement while thinking to themselves "I'm glad that I wasn't the one to have to tell that to Americans first..."

[Smokin Joe]

Title:
"Democrats bristle at O'Rourke's vow to confiscate guns"

The only reason that they're "bristling" is because O'Rourke had the timerity to state it right out loud in language that cannot be refuted or parsed away.

But I'll bet a whole lot of 'em are really nodding in agreement while thinking to themselves "I'm glad that I wasn't the one to have to tell that to Americans first..."

More like "That dumbass just tipped our hand!"

[Jazzhead]

Trump is right -  Beto's candor makes it far harder to pass any sort of gun legislation,  because he exposed  the Dems' inability to be good faith actors.   

[PeteS in CA]

Trump is right -  Beto's candor makes it far harder to pass any sort of gun legislation,  because he exposed  the Dems' inability to be good faith actors.

Yep, Dems are pissed Bobby was honest and open about their goals.