Anti-Gun Georgia Dem Candidate Thinks Beto’s Plan Not ‘Possible Or Lawful’

By Tom Knighton

Beto O’Rourke stepped in it last week during the Democratic debate. The former congressman and failed Senate candidate was explicit. “Hell yeah,” he said, he was coming for our guns. After years and years of anti-gunners claiming no one was coming for our guns, trying to gaslight their pro-gun opponents, the truth was out there for all to see.

However, many people even on the anti-gun side think Beto went too far.

One of them is a state senate candidate from my home state of Georgia.

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Teresa Tomlinson reiterated her support for an “assault weapons” ban in a new interview, but said a confiscation scheme like that proposed by presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was neither possible nor lawful.

On WGAU’s “Mission: TimPossible” podcast, host Tim Bryant noted O’Rourke’s pronouncement that his hypothetical administration would confiscate semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 and AK-47 through a “mandatory” buyback program.

Asked for her thoughts, Tomlinson distanced herself from O’Rourke, despite previously lavishing praise on him on social media.

“I don’t know Beto O’Rourke obviously, but I can only imagine the trauma that they’ve experienced with the murders there,” Tomlinson said. “I do not, however, believe that confiscation is possible …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms