Beto O’Rourke heckled at Newtown event while discussing gun violence prevention

NEWTOWN -- Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was  in Newtown today discussing gun prevention - a topic all too familiar for the community following the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

“I know that the people of this community understand this better than perhaps any other community in this country and not just the devastation, the grief and the lost, but what those solutions are,” O’Rourke said.

The former Texas congressman met with local gun violence prevention groups, such as the Newtown Action Alliance and Moms Demand Action, at the Newtown Community Center.

O’Rourke is seeking the Democratic nomination for President in the upcoming 2020 election.