Buttigieg Joins Booker’s Call For Licensing Gun Owners

By Tom Knighton

Indianapolis Mayor Pete Buttigieg is probably one of the longest-shots for president actually getting any media attention right now. The only longer shot I can think of is the mayor Miramar who seems to think he has a chance. Anyway, Buttigieg is running and is getting at least some media attention, enough so that one can’t rule him out as a candidate completely.

The fact that he’s following Sen. Cory Booker’s lead on guns, however, just might.

After months of mounting criticism for lacking policy specifics, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has finally fleshed out his position on 27 different issues with a new issues page on his website, divided among the three major themes of his campaign: democracy, security and freedom.

The South Bend, Indiana, mayor is staking out a new position in favor of creating a nationwide gun licensing system, or registry. This puts Buttigieg in line with Cory Booker’s proposal and among the most liberal positions on gun control in the Democratic race. Previously, Buttigieg had been criticized by gun control advocates for being too soft on guns or being wishy-washy.

So, he combats that “wishy-washy” and “soft” label by going full-on stupid.

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Source:: Bearing Arms