{"id":1044158,"date":"2021-11-22T12:44:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T17:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044158"},"modified":"2021-11-22T12:44:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T17:44:07","slug":"beto-orourke-rittenhouse-saga-makes-the-case-against-ar-15s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beto-orourke-rittenhouse-saga-makes-the-case-against-ar-15s\/","title":{"rendered":"Beto O&#039;Rourke: Rittenhouse Saga &#039;Makes the Case&#039; Against 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\">18<\/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-rittenhouse-saga-makes-the-case-against-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=1044158&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Beto O\u2019Rourke suggested during an appearance on CNN\u2019s <em>State of the Union<\/em> that the Kyle Rittenhouse saga \u201cmakes the case\u201d against AR-15 ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Host Dana Bash <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2021\/11\/21\/full-interview-with-texas-gubernatorial-candidate-beto-orourke.cnn\">asked<\/a> O\u2019Rourke to give his take on the Rittenhouse \u201cnot guilty\u201d verdict. O\u2019Rourke answered:<\/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<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>This entire tragedy makes the case that we should not allow our fellow Americans to own and use weapons that were originally designed for battlefield use. That AR-15, that AK-47, has one single, solitary purpose, and that is killing people as effectively, as efficiently, and in as great a number in as little time as possible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_8243930\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/protest-against-assault-weapons-mass-shootings-and-ar-15-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8243930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/protest-against-assault-weapons-mass-shootings-and-ar-15-getty.jpg\" alt=\"FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - FEBRUARY 17: Mercedes Kent joins other people after a school shooting that killed 17 to protest against guns on the steps of the Broward County Federal courthouse on February 17, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Earlier this week former student Nikolas Cruz opened fire with a AR-15 rifle at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School killing 17 people. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Raedle\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe saw that in Kenosha, we saw that in El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were murdered by someone with an AK-47 just in a matter of minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke then circled back to his gubernatorial run in Texas, where he says he wants to \u201cprotect the Second Amendment\u201d and increase gun control at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>On December 4, 2019, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/12\/04\/report-over-420-million-privately-owned-guns-in-america\/\">reported<\/a> National Shooting Sports Foundation figures showing Americans owned approximately 420 million firearms at that time, around 18 million of which were AR-15s and similar rifles.<\/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 suggested during an appearance on CNN\u2019s State of the Union that the Kyle Rittenhouse saga \u201cmakes the case\u201d against AR-15 ownership. 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