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In reply to the discussion: What did you think of Beto O'Rourke's idea of confiscating AK-47s and AR-15s? [View all]waterwatcher123
(143 posts)84. Beto Deserves Credit for His Courage
Instead of confiscation, maybe the easiest option is to simply make it illegal to own these weapons. Make it illegal to advertise, trade or sell these weapons on-line, at retail stores, gun clubs or gun auctions, and estate and garage sales (anywhere). Then you could give collectors a chance to dispose of them properly at a designated repository. These guns can then be melted down and turned into something useful for society or the people who live with the scars of gun violence.
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What did you think of Beto O'Rourke's idea of confiscating AK-47s and AR-15s? [View all]
kentuck
Sep 2019
OP
You might give them an option to keep it in a secure locker at an approved shooting range.
Gidney N Cloyd
Sep 2019
#8
The citizens of most countries are not nuts about things that are dangerous as automatic weapons!
Big Blue Marble
Sep 2019
#13
In 1995, political scientist Robert Spitzer said that the modern American gun culture is founded on
Celerity
Sep 2019
#51
Something needs to be done. It's totally out of control. The gun fetish cult needs to be stopped,
RKP5637
Sep 2019
#10
Sometimes I think they want some type of dystopian society with people roaming killing
RKP5637
Sep 2019
#42
Me too, he was brave to say it and it had to be said. I think it will help him too. n/t
monmouth4
Sep 2019
#20
I'm for a ban. I'm definitely for a voluntary buyback. Undecided on mandatory buyback
DrToast
Sep 2019
#22
What do I think? A good start. Seriously, Beto has signed off on his political career in Texas, but
Hekate
Sep 2019
#24
A ban and a voluntary buyback would start a natural process for eliminating them.
gulliver
Sep 2019
#63
I think he meant a buy back. I want this! The Constitution only guarantees flint lock guns.
McCamy Taylor
Sep 2019
#67
Its a good first step, but let's be honest, most gun deaths aren't from Assault Rifles, but...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2019
#70
Principles over politics! How refreshing! Makes the Whole Democratic Party look good.
McCamy Taylor
Sep 2019
#74
They all praised his compassion and courage but no, none of them committed political suicide.
McCamy Taylor
Sep 2019
#77
Again, what Beto did is important because it Made the Whole Democratic Party Look Good.
McCamy Taylor
Sep 2019
#78
It is, hands down, the most effective soundbite for galvanizing the opposition
LongtimeAZDem
Sep 2019
#81