Op-Ed Notes Beto May Be Sinking Political Future In Texas

By Tom Knighton

Texas is known for loving guns. While there are a few localities that aren’t exactly friendly to firearms (*squints at Houston*), most of the state is friendly to guns. They’re kind of famous for it, so much so that despite not having the most pro-gun regulations, they’re still thought of by some as the most pro-gun state in the nation.

They like their guns.

Meanwhile, we have Beto O’Rourke who is a Texan politician and is calling for gun bans. In fact, some think it might hurt him a tad should he decide to run for state office.

Beto O’Rourke‘s hard-left turn on gun confiscation in the Democratic presidential primary may play well with liberal primary voters across the country – but the former congressman could also be hurting his political future in Texas should he someday choose to run statewide again.

O’Rourke, who nearly won a Senate seat in Texas in 2018 against incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, declared in a primary debate earlier this month, “Hell yes, we are going to take your AR-15.”

That’s in contrast to what O’Rourke’s said in the 2018 race, when the Democrat sought to appeal to the gun-friendly …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms