{"id":1014584,"date":"2021-11-15T10:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T15:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1014584"},"modified":"2021-11-15T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T15:58:30","slug":"beto-orourke-launches-tx-gubernatorial-run-with-renewed-pledge-to-take-away-ar-15s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beto-orourke-launches-tx-gubernatorial-run-with-renewed-pledge-to-take-away-ar-15s\/","title":{"rendered":"Beto O&#039;Rourke Launches TX Gubernatorial Run with Renewed Pledge to Take Away AR-15s"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbeto-orourke-launches-tx-gubernatorial-run-with-renewed-pledge-to-take-away-ar-15s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1014584&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Beto-Endorses-Joe-Biden-640x480-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Beto O\u2019Rourke (D) officially launched his Texas gubernatorial run against Gov. Greg Abbott (R) Monday, and he is pledging, again, to take away AR-15 rifles.<\/p>\n<p><em>Texas Tribune<\/em> correspondent Patrick Svitek <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickSvitek\/status\/1460255699364155394\">quoted<\/a> O\u2019Rourke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/11\/15\/beto-orourke-texas-governor-2022\/\">saying<\/a>, \u201cI think most Texans can agree\u2026 that we should not see our friends, our family\u2026 our neighbors, shot up with weapons that were originally designed for use on a battlefield.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <em>Tribune<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/11\/15\/beto-orourke-texas-governor-2022\/\">reports<\/a> that Abbott has already dubbed the Democrat \u201cWrong Way O\u2019Rourke,\u201d suggesting his proposal to take AR-15s via a government-mandated buyback is the wrong way to approach Texans.<\/p>\n<p>During the September 12, 2019, Democrat debate, O\u2019Rourke looked into the camera <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/09\/12\/beto-orourke-hell-yes-were-going-to-take-your-ar-15\/\">and said<\/a>, \u201cHell yes, we\u2019re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beto O\u2019Rourke: &#039;Hell yes, we are going to take your AR-15&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lMVhL6OOuR0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke made this statement in response to a question about supporting firearm confiscation.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he had gone to a gun show in Conway, Arkansas, where he claimed numerous gun owners said of their AR-15s and AK-47s, \u201cI would willingly give that up, cut it to pieces, I don\u2019t need this weapon to hunt, to defend myself. It is a weapon of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke also opposes Gov. Abbott\u2019s support of constitutional carry for handguns.<\/p>\n<p>On June 16, 2021, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/16\/abbott-signs-makes-texas-constitutional-carry-state\/\">observed<\/a> Abbott signing constitutional carry into law, making Texas the 21st constitutional carry state in the Union.<\/p>\n<p>The other 20 states are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beto O\u2019Rourke (D) officially launched his Texas gubernatorial run against Gov. Greg Abbott (R) Monday, and he is pledging, again, to take away AR-15 rifles. 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