{"id":91544,"date":"2019-10-05T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=91544"},"modified":"2019-10-05T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T15:30:00","slug":"michael-bloomberg-orourkes-confiscation-talk-just-strengthens-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=91544","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bloomberg: O\u2019Rourke\u2019s Confiscation Talk Just Strengthens Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bloomberg-640x480-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-91545\" \/><br \/>\nFormer NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>No shit, Mikey. There are reportedly 16 million, yes million Beta, of AR-15s roaming out in the wilds of the United States. If New York State, New Jersey, and yes, even the PDRofMD are any indication of compliance with restrictive, unconstitutional laws, only a small fraction of owners will heed them. Assuming the unlikely event of 2% Beta winning the Dem Primary and the General Election, that is. Then what?  <\/p>\n<p><strong>by AWR Hawkins<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bloomberg gave an interview to the Firing Line with Margaret Hoover, where <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiringLineShow\/status\/1177615777840676865\">he intimated<\/a> O\u2019Rourke\u2019s approach is a, \u201crallying cry for people that say they are overstepping their bounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg gave an interview to the Firing Line with Margaret Hoover, where he  Bloomberg describing O\u2019Rourke\u2019s confiscatory plan as \u201cso impractical.\u201d Bloomberg made clear his opposition to civilian ownership of many commonly-owned semiautomatic rifles, but added that O\u2019Rourke\u2019s approach, \u201cis not the way to win this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the September 12, 2019, Democrat debate O\u2019Rourke said, \u201cHell yes, we are going to take your AR-15.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Town Hall <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/juliorosas\/2019\/09\/27\/michael-bloomberg-slams-betos-gun-confiscation-plan-as-so-impractical-n2553843\">quoted<\/a> Bloomberg describing O\u2019Rourke\u2019s confiscatory plan as \u201cso impractical.\u201d Bloomberg made clear his opposition to civilian ownership of many commonly-owned semiautomatic rifles, but added that O\u2019Rourke\u2019s approach, \u201cis not the way to win this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the September 12, 2019, Democrat debate O\u2019Rourke said, \u201cHell yes, we are going to take your AR-15.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Shooting Sports Foundation calculates there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/09\/09\/democrats-cant-deport-11-million-illegals-but-will-confiscate-16-million-ar-15s\/\">16 million-plus<\/a> privately owned AR-15s in the U.S.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/09\/29\/michael-bloomberg-orourkes-confiscation-talk-just-strengthens-opposition\/\">Breitbart News<\/a> and the writer\/curator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AWRHawkins\">@AWRHawkins<\/a>@AWRHawkins. Reach him directly at <a href=\"http:\/\/awrhawkins@breitbart.com\">http:\/\/awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. Sign up to get Down Range at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\"><\/a>breitbart.com\/downrange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg. No shit, Mikey. There are reportedly 16 million, yes million Beta, &hellip; <a title=\"Michael Bloomberg: O\u2019Rourke\u2019s Confiscation Talk Just Strengthens Opposition\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=91544\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michael Bloomberg: O\u2019Rourke\u2019s Confiscation Talk Just Strengthens Opposition<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,82,15,6,5,397],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teh-stoopid","category-gun-grabbing-fascists","category-legal","category-media","category-politics","category-second-amendment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91547,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91544\/revisions\/91547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}