Beto O’Rourke: AR-15 Owners Should Not Be Able to Keep Them

During a campaign event on May 21, Texas Democrat gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke expressed his belief that Americans who own AR-15s should not be able to keep them.

On May 31, FOX News highlighted the comments as part O’Rourke’s ongoing effort against the guns.

In the comments, O’Rourke stressed his position that no one should be able “to purchase an AR-15 or AK-47,” and added, “I don’t think that the people who have them right now in civilian use should be able to keep them.”

Following the Uvalde attack, in which a legally purchased rifle was used criminally against school children and staff, O’Rourke interrupted a press conference in which Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and other Texas leaders were providing updates on the attack.