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WATCH: Beto Backs Off Confiscating AR-15s: ‘Keep It At A Hunting Club’

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WATCH: Beto Backs Off Confiscating AR-15s: ‘Keep It At A Hunting Club’
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Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) seemingly walked back his rallying cries for the government to seize all so-called “assault weapons” from law abiding citizens after he was questioned on Friday about using an AR-15 to go hunting.

“Perhaps a way to address a legitimate concern or need is to ensure that those who have or want to use an AR-15 are able to keep it at a hunting club or at a gun range so that there is some control and safeguards still placed on that firearm,” O’Rourke told a group of high school students during a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa.

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