Throughout Boebert’s remarks, O’Rourke had to repeatedly tell his supporters to “be respectful” and allow her to finish speaking. Some of Boebert’s direct statements to O’Rourke read as follows:
“I heard your speech and heard what you had to say regarding, ‘hell yes, we’re gonna take your AR-15 and your AK-47.’ I am here to say: Hell, no, you’re not. So with that, I would like to know how you intend to legislate evil. [It] is not the gun, it is the heart of the man who has the gun!”
See for yourself:
A woman confronts Beto O’Rourke over his claims that he is going to confiscate people’s guns
She tells him “Hell no!”
O’Rourke’s supporters were so rude to the woman that O’Rourke repeatedly has to tell them to knock it off pic.twitter.com/LD9ORGJHHT
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 20, 2019
The Truth About Mandatory Buyback Programs
Mandatory buybacks are immensely popular amongst the Democrat Party. As various mass shootings happen, more and more people on the left believe that forcing Americans to turn over their guns to the government is the right answer.
Conservatives, however, habor a very different perception of mandatory buyback programs. As Boebert stated during her confrontation of O’Rourke, criminals do not follow gun control laws. Therefore, many on the right-wing take issue with the premise which asserts that seizing the AR-15s and AK-47s of lawful citizens will somehow stop rouge criminals.
