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Beto: ‘Hell Yes, We’re Going to Take Your AR-15’ and the Crowd Cheers

September 17, 2019 by Dave Workman 11 Comments

While gun rights activists are burning up social media in the aftermath of Democrat presidential candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke’s on-stage admission that his gun control plan revolved around confiscation of modern sporting rifles, the more alarming part of that dramatic moment for Second Amendment advocates may have been the cheering audience.

Beto O'Rourke at the Democratic National Committee debate
Democrat Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke declared during the Democratic debate in Texas, “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15.”

That was even noted by Seattle morning drive time talk host John Carlson at KVI-AM. He told the listening audience the crowd reaction was telling about the mindset gun owners are facing, heading into 2020. ABC News posted a video of the remarks on YouTube.

O’Rourke’s bold remark—he’s trailing in the race—is being singled out as proof that Democrats really do plan to take people’s guns despite years of sarcastic assurances by top Democrats including former President Barack Obama that “Nobody is going to take your guns.” Conservative personality Tomi Lahren of “Fox Nation,” appearing early Friday on “Fox and Friends” at Fox News, declared, “Finally they’re being transparent. We have been saying for years that they want to take our guns and it was always just, ‘Oh you stupid hillbillies, we don’t want to take your guns.’ And now they’re coming out and saying it proudly.”

On Facebook, firearms industry veteran Val Forgett has ignited a discussion with this observation:

“For years we, legal, responsible gun owners, have tolerated the accusations and the vitriol directed at us,” Forgett wrote, “because we are polite, we are law abiding, and we believe in ALL the amendments, including the 1st, no matter how ill-informed and incorrect our accusers are about firearms, how they operate, and how they are sold.

“I purchased and own my guns legally,” he added. “I have committed no crimes; I have a constitutional right to own them. The Government is not taking them, period. I will not submit. We will not submit.”

After Sen. Elizabeth Warren alleged that the Clinton “assault weapons” ban was not renewed in 2013 because of a 60-vote requirement in the Senate, the National Review took her to task, saying this was a false claim.

Warren asserted, “That ban and other gun-control measures haven’t passed because of ‘corruption, pure and simple.’ We have a Congress that is beholden to the gun industry. And unless we’re willing to address that head-on and roll back the filibuster, we’re not going to get anything done on guns. I was in the United States Senate when 54 senators said let’s do background checks, let’s get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators, it failed because of the filibuster.”

But the National Review explained, “From 2004 to 2012, Democrats intentionally retreated on gun control because they believed it was necessary to win elections. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Democrats still do not have the votes to pass the Assault Weapons Ban in the House of Representatives, where Democrats currently hold 235 seats.”

Several days before the Democratic debate, the New York Times analyzed where the candidates stand on gun control, and how their plans differ from one another.

None of them provide any solution, however, for incidents like that in Lakewood, Washington earlier in the week. Four teens—none of whom are legally old enough to own handguns—were riding in a car when one of the pistols in their possession discharged. The bullet killed an 18-year-old riding in the front seat. Two of the teens are now in custody, facing charges in connection to the case. Lakewood is a Tacoma suburb.

The dead teen was identified as Jullien Alan Scott Suzuki, according to the Tacoma News Tribune.

None of the gun control schemes offered by Democrats—including the “compensated confiscation” of semi-auto modern sporting rifles—would have prevented the Lakewood shooting. Where did those teens get those handguns? That hasn’t been established because two of the teens reportedly grabbed three handguns from the car and fled on foot.

What O’Rourke and other Democrats evidently fail to understand is that bad guys do not obey gun control laws. As noted earlier in the week by Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, “Democrats don’t get it” about gun control.

“So far,” Gottlieb observed, “all Democrats have accomplished with their gun prohibition agenda is increase gun sales by 15 percent over the last month. This happens every time they introduce or pass new restrictions. They just don’t get it.”

“Their attack on Second Amendment rights is really going to increase gun owner voter turnout in the 2020 elections,” he predicted. “The more extreme anti-gunners get with their bans and restrictions, the more they telegraph that they have no respect for our Constitutional Second Amendment rights.”

That’s a message not lost on gun owners one day after the debate and O’Rourke’s surprising candor. His comments are turning typically lethargic gun owners into activists.

Did O’Rourke’s threat to take away guns make you more politically motivated? Did it affect others who you know? Share your answers and response to Beto O’Rourke in the comment section.

The Second Amendment Foundation is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.


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Filed Under: Op-ed, Politics Tagged With: AK-47, AR-15, Beto O'Rourke, Democratic Debate, Gun Control, Second Amendment

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Comments

  1. Alan says

    September 20, 2019 at 6:42 pm

    A man can call himself any damned thing he wants, that is a given. I do find myself a little curious at to the following. The man’s name is apparently Robert Francis O’ Rourke. Fair enough. Where did this Beto come from? Is there some hidden meaning?

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    • R. Trevino says

      September 20, 2019 at 7:13 pm

      Robert in Spanish is Roberto and for short in Mexico they call persons named Roberto, Beto.

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    • JimmieG says

      September 21, 2019 at 5:53 am

      Beto is a nickname given to him as a little boy. It has stuck. He is still that pampered privileged little boy in the body of a grown man spouting victim centered emotional hate speech..
      It is disappointing that so many victim-centered people ( sheeple) respond positive to these cry baby outbursts without THINKING of the consequences.
      He contributes to the increasingly hateful divisiveness happening in the USA.
      Does the sound of “President Beto” make your heart flutter? Or, the sadly derisive opposition comments such as Betoff O Rookov, or we got “rooked”?
      Educated minds will throw water on this “witch of the west”. Remember how she wailed and cried?

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    • Nick says

      September 21, 2019 at 9:54 am

      He’s using that name and speaks in Spanish to pimp the low IQ Hispanics and guilty whites for votes. It sounds and is visually more appealing than Robert.

      Beto is a Spanish nickname for Robert. He has no Spanish or Mexican blood though. You should be looking into his wife’s family, in particular her father. He’s worth a lot of money. Follow the money as they say.

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  2. GomeznSA says

    September 20, 2019 at 6:54 pm

    As I noted in another thread – those of us (at least those paying attention anyway) that live in Texas already knew where bobby frank stood regarding guns. He just hadn’t been quite as blatant about it as he was at the “debate”. In fact many of us have known what their ultimate goal is since GCA ’68. They have all just gotten more open.

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  3. PatrioticInfidelInPA says

    September 20, 2019 at 8:14 pm

    Gee, didn’t the Brits try that on 4/19/1775? Didn’t work out too well for them did it. Didn’t work then, and won’t work in the future. It is a God given right to defend yourself, your family, and those who need protecting and defending. There are 3 kinds of people – sheep, wolves, and sheep dogs. The majority of legally armed people are sheep dogs and will NOT tolerate the act of fire arms registration or confiscation. ANYONE, I repeat ANYONE who knows ANYTHING about history knows what happened during the 20th Century when a citizenry was disarmed – THEY WERE SLAUGHTERED! Molon Labe Beto!

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  4. Zupglick says

    September 20, 2019 at 8:54 pm

    Beto can’t have my guns. He can’t pass the background check.

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  5. SScenters says

    September 21, 2019 at 7:19 am

    Fact checking goes a long way in making a supportive representation of ones self and ideologies. It would seem they would get their history lessons straight and learn a little mechanics about what constitutes a real weapon of war.

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  6. Alan says

    September 23, 2019 at 9:10 pm

    Regarding the disappearing teenagers, and the guns they reportedly disappeared with, have they or the guns turned up yet? How hard are Washington officals looking? Regarding constitutional rights I have long been politically motivated.

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  7. Alan says

    September 23, 2019 at 9:17 pm

    By the way, regarding his pictures, I note an upraised right arm. As I recall, a historical personage was also depicted with his right arm raised. In Beto’s case, his arm isn’t yet raised quite as high. Were he to achieve high public office, I believe an unlikely event, one wonders as to how long it would be before his right arm was raised like the other guy’s was?

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  8. ox says

    September 24, 2019 at 5:42 am

    Not in this brain dead politicians lifetime. Francis should keep procrastinating. He’ll go far. Hell would have to freeze twice over before Francis ever took title to the W/H. There isn’t a liberal commie Democratic politician in this here U.S. that doesn’t want to confiscate your firearms. Everyone of these nut jobs running to be chief commissar of the U.S. wants gun confiscation. They want an America patented after Socialist Europe, and and American Government patented after Communist China. Vote No, on any Democrat, whether local, State or on the National level, though I can’t say much for certain Republicans, that will also stab the law abiding gun owner in the back. Your liberties and freedoms depend on keeping the liberal commie democrats out of office, otherwise your liberties and freedoms will be what the liberal commie democrats say it is.

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