Beto Goes to Kent State, Argues Only the Government Can Be Trusted With Guns

Of all the places to argue that only the government should be trusted with guns, Beto O'Rourke pickedKent State University.

Kent State is, of course, the location of the infamous 1970 shooting that left four students dead and nine others injured.

Invoking armed agents of the state gunning down unarmed civilians is an interesting way to argue that Americans would be better off if the government forcefully disarmed private citizens.

When New Jersey implemented a similar policy in the early 1990s, the state obtained a mere 18 guns of the estimated 100,000 to 300,000 firearms owned by Garden State residents-and only four were turned over voluntarily.

Australia's much ballyhooed gun buyback program netted between 650,000 and 1 million firearms, about a quarter of the estimated number of guns owned by Australians at time.

O'Rourke's plan to take guns out of private citizens' hands would not have prevented the Kent State massacre.

It would create lots of new opportunities for agents of the state to point guns at Americans who aren't a threat to anyone.

https://reason.com/2019/09/27/beto-goes-to-kent-state-argues-only-the-government-can-be-trusted-with-guns/