Beto responds to Sen. Coons and Mayor Pete on Gun Violence Plan

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[JI7]

1. most people are with Beto on this issue. the gun nuts will never

vote for a Democrat.

[aikoaiko]

3. It only takes a small percentage of voters in a few key states to lose a Presidential election.

We lost the midwest over pretend Russian manufactured BS.

A confiscation of rifles on his Assault Weapons list would be real.

Diehard Republicans might not vote for Democrats, but winning the GE requires lots of independents who have firearms.

If its true that he's only going to confiscate AR and AK rifles, less than 500-700 out of 40,000 a year are killed with rifles of any kind.

[J_William_Ryan]

4. Correct.

[Hoyt]

5. More gunner fearmongering. Trying to preserve their access to more lethal weapons. n/t

[dalton99a]

7. +1. Nobody will go door to door to confiscate anything.

That's an old NRA talking point.

[dsc]

8. Beto says they will

that is what mandatory means. I happen to agree it needs to be done, but let's not be dishonest about what it would entail.

[dalton99a]

10. Mandatory here means sell it, or face penalties if discovered

That's how Australia and New Zealand took the prohibited weapons out of circulation. There was no door-to-door confiscation.

On MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday, O’Rourke made clear he didn't envision a scenario in which federal agents actively confront noncomplying gun owners in their homes, nor is there a registry of individual firearms they would be able to consult to do so.

"It is mandatory, it will be the law," O’Rourke said. "You will be required to comply with the law. So, as with many of our laws, we don't go door-to-door searching people's homes to see if they are in fact breaking the law, we expect people to comply with the law."

[Drunken Irishman]

9. Except Beto is saying exactly that.

How else is he going to get the guns? He's not pushing for just a buyback option that allows those to voluntarily give their guns back. He's specifically stated he'll take their assault rifles.

Other candidates have proposed a ban similar to the Clinton era ban, which did not end in confiscation, but rather didn't permit any to be sold going forward.

With that said, I side more with Beto on this - but I don't know if it's politically attainable.

[RLG]

2. Mike drop!

Take that, Mayor Pete!

[rogue emissary]

6. WTG Beto!