- The day before the shooting in Texas, Beto O’Rourke campaigned hard against in use of AR-15 rifles.
- O’Rourke said the AR-15 and AK-47 are “weapons of war “which”designed to kill people”.
- He also said that those who currently You can’t own a firearm like that.
Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke campaigns against firearms like Rifles AR-15 in a few days before the mass school shooting in Uvalde, arguing that such a “weapon of wars” do not have place in society.
O’Rourke has performed in two different campaign events on May 21st, just days before the shooting on May 24th.
In events, he confirmed his position on weapon like AR-15, with which the shooter from Uvalde shot 21 people. people, including 19 children at Robb Elementary School.
“I think we are fools if we believe in anything other than that it is a weapon of war will continue to be used with high frequency against our compatriots,” O’Rourke said, addressing veterans at a city hall meeting. in Abilene, Texas.
“That’s why I took the position that I don’t think we should there are AR-15 and AK-47 in civilian life, he said. – They belong on a battlefield.”
O’Rourke said the same thing, referring to a separate group of veterans in San Angelo on the same day.
In this event, O’Rourke said he knew he was taking a politically unpopular stance against such guns but moving forward with it is anyway.
“My children are my conscience,” he said. “And I can win or lose this race but I always have to face them and answer for what did i do or failed do when I had chance to do something.”
“And I just took a position that may be politically unpopular or perhaps too honest that only should No one to be capable of purchase AR-15 or AK-47,” he said. – Because they designed to kill people”.
O’Rourke then added that he didn’t think current owners of AR-15s should will be allowed to keep them. He added that he hoped to find a “consensus” about whether AR-15s would should be legal or not.
O’Rourke was of the opinion for a long time that people should not being able to own an AR-15. He is known for famous claim that he would confiscate the AR-15 during the debate in 2019 when he ran for the president.
He also made headlines when he confronted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference following the Uvalde shooting, blaming Abbott of “do nothing” to stop gun violence.
