Opinion
BELLEVUE, WA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Democrat presidential hopeful Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke’s outburst on gun control during Thursday evening’s presidential debate, and the applause that followed, effectively erased any doubts about the true intent the candidate, his party and their followers have toward the Second Amendment, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
“Hell, yes,” O’Rourke blurted, “we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47!”
“O’Rourke’s comment was brutally revealing,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “and so was the reaction from the audience. His intent to confiscate privately-owned firearms got the biggest cheer of the evening. Even more alarming was the fact that not one of his colleagues on stage made an effort to disagree. That should concern every gun owner in the country.
“Second Amendment activists have been ridiculed by Democrats and the gun prohibition lobby for years,” he continued. “Their condescending assurances that ‘nobody is going to take your guns’ just went out the window, thanks to O’Rourke, who even said the same thing last year while campaigning for the U.S. Senate.
“O’Rourke can’t walk that back,” Gottlieb observed. “His outburst is getting more media attention than anything else he’s said on the campaign trail. The reaction from the audience, and the silence of other candidates confirms what we’ve been saying. Just look online; they’re already selling T-shirts with his comment on the front!
“Thanks to O’Rourke,” he noted, “Democrats have just graduated from being the ‘party of gun control’ to officially being the ‘party of gun confiscation,’ and nobody in the firearms community is going to forget that.
“From this moment forward,” he predicted, “when Democrats talk about ‘gun reform’ or ‘gun safety,’ the whole country will know they’re not just talking about gun control, they’re talking about taking firearms from law-abiding citizens who have committed no crime.
“Obviously,” Gottlieb stated, “O’Rourke’s party is no longer interested in piecemeal erosion of the Second Amendment. Their intent now is to smash it. How can Democrats expect any gun owner to believe otherwise unless the party, especially the other candidates, immediately disavow and condemn O’Rourke’s remark? Their silence is both deafening, and damning.”
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
An Open Letter to presidential candidate Robert Francis ‘Beto’ O’Rourke: Dear presidential candidate Robert Francis ‘Beto’ O’Rourke: April 19th, 1775 is a day of the greatest significance to the birth of this great nation. If they didn’t teach you about this date in your “American History” class I will gladly share the facts with you for “those who don’t know history (or I would add… willfully dare to ignore it) are doomed to repeat it’s mistakes…” On that specific day 700 British Red coats (what a coincidence! The Communist’s/Socialist’s favorite color!) under the command of Lieutenant Colonel FRANCIS Smith (wow!… Read more »
The Democrat Party has finally revealed itself to be the same fascistic terrorist organization as they were after the Civil War when they wore white hoods and robes and lynched Blacks and Republicans. They want to strip you of ALL your God-given Rights and not just the Right to Bear Arms. I have heard them on the campaign trail trashing America, trashing the Constitution, trashing the Declaration, trashing our Founding Fathers and trashing our values and principles. They’ve always wanted to do away with the 2nd Amendment and eliminate our right to defend ourselves and our families how we see… Read more »
What a lying POS. I have friends who were at the Conway, Arkansas gun show and all Beto’s comments about what he said, about what was said by him and the supposed people he spoke to there are pure unadulterated bullshit. Most people wouldn’t talk to him, and if they did they told him he was full of it and some called him what he is to his face. He was asked to leave by the sponsors of the show backed up by local law enforcement which the media didn’t show or report. The Beto jokes across the show after… Read more »
I stand ready, willing and able to comply with any gun confiscation plan that a President She-shed O’Rourke would implement With one caveat. Beto himself must first take the AR I’m holding 1st. Just grab my Boomstick by the long stick thing with the hole in the end. I’ll make it easy by holding the handle thingy, with my finger on the curved flapper in front, for support. Now pull. Otherwise, the ATF, FBI, US Marshal or other LE Nazis will have to wait until the smoke and bodies are cleared, before they can get them. I believe in, love… Read more »
Robert Francis O’Rourke has revealed what the Democratic Progressive, Liberal, Socialist / Communists true intention regarding the Second Amendment. O’rourtke is no better than Eric Swalwell, or any other anti gun politician whether, they are US Senator, members of Congress, state senators/assemblymen/women, etc., as well as antigun groups. All of these are SUBVERSIVES, and have been working at eradicating the 2A out of the Bill of Rights, and it’s. something they want to destroy. O’Rourke and the others advocating confiscating guns of law abiding citizens should know is against the law, we aren’t in a communist country or dictatorship .… Read more »
Come and get them–yourself. Is he really any different from king George of England? Arm up, carry on.
I believe this article and all comments needs to be forwarded to the President and members of Congress. Many seem to be unaware, ignorant, or purposefully blind to facts. I support our constitution. I took an oath when I enlisted, this oath has no EXPIRATION date. There are a million Americans like me. We out number our standing military, we are dispersed throughout the nation. We will respond as our founder did at Lexington and Concord. Remember our law enforcement and military are made up of people like me who have also sworn an oath. Be very careful, as the… Read more »
I spent some time this weekend hanging out with some nice folks from Massachusetts. One thing I noticed is they tend to justify the gun laws enacted by their tyrant leadership as “practical” or “common sense” but in truth they have been subjectified by their tyrant leaders and legislators who have a clear agenda to disarm and subjectify US Citizens. We have a long fight ahead of us, prepare, unify and rally against this tyranny! Our rights are protected by Supreme Law (Article VI) and the rights within the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution. We all need to… Read more »
Hey Bobby boy
In your deluded Leftard dreams,you worthless M Fer.
Bozo the Clown is a coward. He will expect others to go door-to-door and bear the brunt of the resistance they will encounter. People will die. And… Bozo knows it will not be him.
For this reason, he cannot be elected President. This country needs a person who respects the Constitution and the rule of law. A free people will only be free if the government is afraid of them.