Buttigieg also made sure to mention his interest in “getting things done.”
also of note in here is that Pete goes out of his way to call mandatory buybacks "confiscation" https://t.co/UoHAZ091xI
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) October 14, 2019
Apparently, Booker didn’t think much of what Buttigieg had to say. As a backer of mandatory buyback programs, it shouldn’t come as a shock that Booker disagreed with his rival on this matter.
Booker ultimately responded via Twitter, admonishing Buttigieg and claiming that referring to mandatory buybacks as gun confiscation is “doing the NRA’s work for them.”
Calling buyback programs "confiscation" is doing the NRA's work for them, @PeteButtigieg—and they don't need our help. https://t.co/eshiBU7PIg
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) October 14, 2019
Do Mandatory Buybacks Involve the “Confiscation” of Guns?
It is unclear how referring to a policy for what it is “does the NRA’s work for them.” From an objective standpoint, mandatory buyback programs do confiscate the guns of law-abiding Americans. This is a reality, not a far-out, right-wing talking point.
By definition, mandatory buyback programs officially order Americans to hand over their firearms to the United States government. This is, in fact, a confiscation of guns.
