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Here’s a lesson for Democrats on how to have courage—and what happens when you quit cowering and take a stand. A week ago Thurs at the ABC News Democratic presidential debate, candidate Beto O’Rourke made this proclamation, one that no Democratic prez candidate had EVER made:
“Hell yes we are going to take away your AR-15, your AK-47s!” The audience in Houston went crazy w/ wild applause, many leaping to their feet to show their approval of what he just said. But the Democratic Party establishment was aghast. They went into immediate damage control...
...dispatching their pundits to the talk shows to try to distance the Party from O’Rourke’s comments. They were convinced that his bold warning to gun nuts would hurt the Democrats in November2020. For years the Dems have been afraid 2 b seen as anti-gun. Dem candidates always...
...make sure they do photo ops firing guns to show their support for the 2nd Amendment. O’Rourke just came out & said it: I’m going to do everything I can to stop the sales of military weapons to civilians. If you have one of these mass-killing guns we will buy it back from u...
...But make no mistake: AR-15s, just like tanks, rocket launchers & weapons-grade plutonium are not “arms” protected by the constitution and u will have to turn them over if you possess them. Fellow Dems immediately attacked him—EVEN THOUGH 78% OF AMERICANS DO NOT OWN A GUN...
...Dem Party leaders are afraid to do anything more than background checks (which nearly all mass shooters would’ve passed).
Yet, just 1 week after Beto said what the majority of Americans want, this announcement came from the headquarters of Colt Guns, the maker of the AR-15:
Yet, just 1 week after Beto said what the majority of Americans want, this announcement came from the headquarters of Colt Guns, the maker of the AR-15:
“We will no longer sell the AR-15 to the public.” -Colt. BOOM! Barely a week after Beto said it, the AR-15 was taken off the market. The connection was crystal clear: Once it got said out loud, and the threat made by Beto to Colt to end the AR-15 was cheered on by the public...
...Colt read the writing on the wall — get in front of this now or the American people will be coming to ban more than just the AR-15. And thus the lesson for the Democrats & everyone else was so obvious: Sometimes change can occur when just ONE person has the guts to say it.
