Beto O’Rourke says owning guns taught him responsible use
LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said Sunday that his personal use and ownership of firearms taught him the responsibility of having guns and can help bridge politically fraught discussions about gun control in the U.S.
O’Rourke, speaking at a coffee shop 5 miles away from the site of a 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, said he’d like to use his personal experience and the traditions of gun ownership in his home state of Texas to “lead the country on sensible gun safety policy” that reduces violence. The El Paso native is on a two-day swing through Nevada, an early Western caucus state with a significant Latino population. At packed gatherings in living rooms, a coffee shop and a Mexican restaurant, O’Rourke praised the role immigrants play in his hometown and in America and occasionally switched to Spanish as he addressed bilingual members of the audience.
The three-term congressman also said he doesn’t have enough experience with the debate over decriminalizing sex work to give an intelligent answer on whether prostitution should be legalized — as it is in Nevada — but that he’d like to talk to those involved about it, including the sex workers.The Republican National Committee said in a statement Sunday that his policies, like an embrace of the “Green New Deal” climate change plan and a past call to tear down the U.S.
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