Is perennial political candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke—this time running to replace Greg Abbott as governor of Texas—biting his tongue or merely biding his time before talking about gun control in a state where guns are common and more than a million residents are licensed to carry? According to KEYE (CBS Austin), O’Rourke has been […]
Beto O’Rourke Reportedly Prepping for TX Gubernatorial Run
Former Texas Congressman and failed presidential candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke is reportedly preparing to run for governor in the Lone Star State in 2022, according to Axios and other news agencies. Axios based its report on tips from unidentified “Texas political operatives.” As noted by Fox News, “O’Rourke, a former three-term congressman from El […]
Maine Lawmakers Just Say ‘No’ to Moms Demand Action
Maine state legislators just did something that gives some encouragement to Second Amendment activists across the country: They said “no” to Moms Demand Action and the gun prohibition lobby in the nation’s Northeast. According to the Portland Press Herald, “Leaders of the Maine Legislature voted against allowing seven gun-related bills to be introduced in the […]
Buttigieg v. Beto: ‘Take the Fight to the NRA’
In a feverish exchange over how best to disarm American gun owners of their semiautomatic modern sporting rifles during the Tuesday Democratic debate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg resorted to a favorite tactic of the gun prohibition movement: get around disagreements on policy by demonizing the National Rifle Association. “Everyone on this stage is determined to get […]
Booker Demands ‘Camo-Speak’ from Buttigieg on Gun Control
Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker took a swipe at rival Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., for what many in the Second Amendment community would define as a moment of complete honesty when Buttigieg described a “gun buyback” proposal as “confiscation,” according to the National Review. Booker, the New Jersey anti-gunner, declared in […]
N.Y. Times Does Gun Owners an Unintended Favor
The New York Times has done what may be an unintentional favor for Second Amendment activists by detailing the gun control positions of Democrat candidates now running to become the next president, and it might serve as a proverbial wake-up call to lethargic gun owners as the 2020 campaign season looms large on the horizon. […]