Booker: Concerns About Mandatory Gun Buybacks Are ‘Far-Right Fear-Mongering’

Booker stands with Beto O'Rourke on gun confiscation

Graham Piro
September 19, 2019 7:55 AM

Presidential candidate and New Jersey senator Cory Booker (D.) dismissed concerns about mandatory gun buyback programs Wednesday, saying objections to gun confiscations are "fear-mongering."

Manchin: ‘Beto O’Rourke’s Not Taking My Guns Away From Me’

Senator says O'Rourke's comment harms Democrats

Paul Crookston
September 18, 2019 3:35 PM

Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) on Wednesday said former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke “is not taking my guns away from me.”

GA Dem Senate Hopeful: O’Rourke’s Gun Confiscation Not ‘Possible or Lawful’

Prefers assault weapons ban

David Rutz
September 17, 2019 4:40 PM

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Teresa Tomlinson reiterated support for an "assault weapons" ban in a new interview, but she said a confiscation scheme like that proposed by 2020 hopeful Beto O'Rourke was neither possible nor lawful.

O’Rourke: My Gun Confiscation Plan Is ‘Constitutionally Sound’

Sunday show round-up

Washington Free Beacon Staff
September 15, 2019 5:05 PM

This week on the Sunday news shows: former congressman Beto O'Rourke calls his gun confiscation plan "constitutionally sound," Democrats condemn O'Rourke's gun plan, and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) renews her support for the Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment movement.

Buttigieg: O’Rourke Went Too Far on Gun Stance

'This is a golden moment to finally do something'

Nic Rowan
September 15, 2019 11:30 AM

South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg said that fellow 2020 Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke went too far with his hard-line stance on gun control at Thursday's primary debate.

Beto Blows Lid Off ‘No One Wants to Take Your Guns’

'Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47'

David Rutz
September 14, 2019 5:00 AM

Democrats and media members have pledged for years some version of "nobody wants to take your guns away" when gun control laws come up for debate.

Mitchell: Beto’s Gun Remarks Make Passing Gun Control Harder

O'Rourke: 'Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47'

Graham Piro
September 13, 2019 2:15 PM

MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell said that presidential candidate Beto Rourke's (D.) call for a mandatory buyback of AR-15's and AK-47's complicates the push for gun control.

MSNBC Host Cheers Gun Confiscation: Only AR-15 Owners I Know Are ‘Collectors’

Beto O'Rourke vowed at debate to seize all AR-15s

David Rutz
September 13, 2019 11:30 AM

Liberal MSNBC host Joy Reid defended Democratic calls for confiscation of AR-15s on Thursday, saying the only people she knew with those rifles were just "collectors" anyway.

Buttigieg: If You Support Trump’s Immigration Policies You Support ‘Racism’

'Anyone who supports this is supporting racism'

Cameron Cawthorne
September 12, 2019 10:30 PM

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Thursday claimed Americans who support President Donald Trump's immigration policies are supporting "racism."

O’Rourke: Trump Poses ‘Mortal Threat’ to People of Color

2020 candidate calls Trump a white supremacist

David Rutz
September 12, 2019 9:57 PM

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D., Texas) blistered President Donald Trump at Thursday night's Democratic debate as a "white supremacist" who posed a threat to the safety of people of color in the United States.