Beto O’Rourke was uniquely outspoken
in his calls for gun control during Thursday night’s Democratic debate
in Houston, Texas. The former Texas congressman, whose hometown of El
Paso recently was the victim of a mass shooting
at a Walmart, was asked if he’d take away assault-style weapons that
are often used in mass shootings. “Hell yes,” O’Rourke responded. “We’re
going to take your AR-15, your AK-47. We’re not going to allow it to be
used against a fellow American anymore.”
It seemed inevitable that O’Rourke’s call to ban ownership of military-style weapons would rile up the guns=distilled liberty
true believers online, but it was, perhaps predictably, an elected
Republican official—from the state of Texas no less—that led the way
over the cliff. Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain tweeted a not-so-thinly
veiled threat at the presidential contender, tweeting “My AR is ready
for you Robert Francis,” calling O’Rourke, whose nickname is Beto, by
his first and middle names.
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