Beto’s Gun Confiscation Gamble Failed

[kcofohio]

Here is an article from The Free Beacon website.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/betos-gun-confiscation-gamble-failed/

The article shows how Beto's poll #s dropped (albeit, he was already low) after blurting out his desires about freeing us from our evil black guns.

The RealClearPolitics average of 2020 polls shows that O'Rourke lost support between the September debate—where he declared "hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47″—and the end of October. Before committing to the unprecedented confiscation scheme, O'Rourke had polled at 2.6 percent support. In the last polls taken before he announced the end of his campaign, O'Rourke had the support of just 1.6 percent of respondents.

In this article, several antis showed their disapproval of his comments.

O'Rourke's embrace of confiscation prompted pushback from across the political spectrum. MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell said the move hurt efforts on Capitol Hill to come up with a gun control deal. Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire funding much of the gun control movement, called it "so impractical." Democratic senator Joe Manchin (W. Va.) even declared, "Beto O'Rourke's not taking my guns away from me."

Of course they would love Beto's plan, but now is not the time to let that cat out of the bag.

So, I doubt that we will hear of serious extreme gun controls anytime soon. But we must remain vigilant and vote pro-constitution at the ballots.

 

[kcofohio]

One effect of his (Beto) remarks seems to be it helped raise money for his opponents and the NRA.

In fact, his comments about taking away AR-15s, the most popular rifle in the country, appear to have boosted his political opponents. The National Rifle Association's PAC saw a threefold increase in daily giving after O'Rourke's declaration, ending September with more than three times as much cash on hand as O'Rourke's campaign had.

 

[bearcreek]

But we must remain vigilant and vote pro-constitution at the ballots.

I wish a real pro-constitution candidate would run for office. Sadly, we'll once again be stuck with voting for the (hopefully) lesser of the evils.

 

[Robert]

We. Don't. Do. Politics.

I know, I know. But this is about gun and how he wants to take them away. Yup. For about two posts and then it become left this and liberal that. We don't do politics not because it's not important, but rather, it gets heated quick and gets people in trouble.