Still reeling from the mass shootings in Odessa and El Paso, the former Texas Representative told the Democratic debate crowd he would go beyond optional buybacks.
O'Rourke kicked off his participation in the third Democratic primary debate with the rage of a man who had seen death and had little left to fear from the living — even losing an election., Texas native wasted little time before repeating his assertion that President Donald Trump is a white supremacist.
An ABC debate moderator asked O'Rourke whether he was still for mandatory buyback programs to get assault-style weapons out of communities. O'Rourke replied,"I am, if it's a weapon that was designed to kill people on a battlefield." O'Rourke went on to recount the story of a mother he met in Odessa, Texas whose daughter was murdered, allegedly by a disgruntled ex-oilfield worker who had been fired earlier in the day. The perpetrator went on a drive-by shooting rampage that left seven people dead and 20 others injured. The mother watched her daughter, 15-year-old Leilah Hernandez, bleed out over more than an hour.
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