Beto O’Rourke made a statement at Thursdays night’s debate that we believe needs to be criticized.
“We are coming after your AR-15’s”, was a politically stupid and immature thing to say.
There are millions of Democratic voters who own AR-15’s. O’Rourke’s reckless statement on Thursday night JUST alienated millions of Democratic voters who are peaceful gun owners and would be very concerned to know that the US Government will take away their gun.
AR-15 or any other gun should be effectively regulated. Prospective owners should be subject to comprehensive background checks which should include local police, and even neighbors who actually know the applicant, along with state and federal computerized background checks.
Violent criminal histories (or even bad neighborhood reputations), records of physical violence, violent speech, domestic abuse, certain mental conditions should ALL be considered.
Loaded guns should not be permitted to carry or transport except under certain conditions.
All these firearm rules and regulations are reasonable and SHOULD be acceptable to any normal human being.
HOWEVER, Beto O’Rourke’s emotional and immature statement, we fear, will only serve to put serious doubt into many otherwise Democratic supporters, who may for this reason alone choose to support the Republican candidate in upcoming elections.
And by the way, it should be noted that the Republicans LOVE this kind of talk coming from Democrats!!