Beto O’Rourke ‘is open’ to Australia-style mandatory gun confiscation

Published August 6, 2019 7:32pm ET



Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke expressed interest in implementing mandatory gun confiscation through a gun buyback program similar to the one Australia did after a mass shooting in the 1990s.

O’Rourke said he was open to the idea when Jon Favreau asked him about it, who is a former top staffer for President Barack Obama and co-founder of Pod Save America.

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