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In reply to the discussion: Yikes..where are the Beto fans? He, above all [View all]During a one-on-one with Today Show anchor Craig Melvin, Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., was asked a question about mandatory assault weapon buybacks, to which he responded that as a policy, its had mixed results. Its a healthy debate to have, but weve got to do something now. Buttigieg went on to say the issue could potentially distract Democrats from areas where they could make real advances in gun control.
Buttigieg has called for a ban on the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, but has joined the rest of the Democratic primary field in resisting ORourkes call for a mandatory buyback, which would require gun owners to sell their semi-automatic rifles to the government and hold those who refuse criminally liable.
Buttigieg has called for a ban on the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, but has joined the rest of the Democratic primary field in resisting ORourkes call for a mandatory buyback, which would require gun owners to sell their semi-automatic rifles to the government and hold those who refuse criminally liable.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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and then taking a completely disingenuous cheap shot at Buttigieg about it, yep
Celerity
Oct 2019
#3
Beto O'Rourke: Buttigieg Opposes Gun Confiscation Because He's 'Afraid to Do the Right Thing'
Celerity
Oct 2019
#8
Pete was the one taking cheap shots about "Shiny objects", Beto just responded nt
liskddksil
Oct 2019
#32
sorry, but Buttigieg and all the others know an electoral loser of a stance when they see it
Celerity
Oct 2019
#31
LOL we've made so many advances on gun reform from Columbine to the night Beto uttered "Hell Yeah"
liskddksil
Oct 2019
#36
thanks for informing me on Harris and Booker, I stand corrected on that point nt
Celerity
Oct 2019
#54
so you're saying every 1 of our candidates, save Beto, are buying into RW bullshit when they refuse
Celerity
Oct 2019
#29
Maybe you are not looking hard enough, or maybe you are inferring too much into Buttigiegs
Celerity
Oct 2019
#34
Beto's proposal is even more extreme than the solution we used to curb machine gun crime
aikoaiko
Oct 2019
#43