Beto O’Rourke is ratcheting up his new emphasis on confiscating assault-style weapons and is taking a looser, more aggressive campaign style in order to push himself back into relevancy, even if it creates a liability for other Democrats.

“Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47, we’re not going to allow it to be used on fellow Americans anymore,” O’Rourke, 46, said during Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate in Houston.

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