O'Rourke calls for mandatory gun buyback, licensing

[brooklynite]

Politico

Beto O’Rourke called Friday for gun licensing and a mandatory buyback program for assault weapons, expanding on a controversial gun control platform he advanced in his return to the presidential campaign the previous day.

Part of a proposal to address gun violence and white nationalism, O’Rourke said that, if enacted, anyone who failed to forfeit a banned assault weapon would be fined.

The mandatory buyback proposal goes further than most Democrats in the 2020 presidential field, though Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has suggested she supports such a program.

In addition to banning assault weapons and requiring their forfeiture, O’Rourke said he would work to implement a voluntary buyback program for handguns. He proposed increasing the excise tax on gun manufacturers and fines on gun traffickers to fund buybacks.

[jcgoldie]

1. Go Beto!

I love that he's not afraid to push issues even into places that may not be poll tested and has the charisma to win people over to his perspectives.

[hack89]

2. CT has a 15% compliance rate for their AWB

NY is not much better. Civil disobedience is still an American habit it appears. Enforcement is always the Achilles heel of gun bans - you really think politicians in pro-gun states are going to risk their careers over it?