{"id":117670,"date":"2019-10-28T21:02:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T01:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=117670"},"modified":"2019-10-28T21:02:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T06:12:04","slug":"orourke-just-gave-the-green-light-for-millions-of-new-hunt-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/orourke-just-gave-the-green-light-for-millions-of-new-hunt-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" title=\"O'Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/OrourkeBeto-1024x679.png\" alt=\"O'Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs\" class=\"wp-image-117671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/OrourkeBeto-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/OrourkeBeto-150x99.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/OrourkeBeto-400x265.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/OrourkeBeto-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/OrourkeBeto.png 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Photo: NSSF<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Francis \u201cBeto\u201d O\u2019Rourke, the poor fella, just can\u2019t help himself.&nbsp; He can\u2019t seem to land on just one good idea. His latest big idea is you can keep your AR-15, but you\u2019ve got to keep it at a hunt club or a gun range. His very Eurocentric compromise comes on the heels of learning that some people use AR-15s to hunt deer and other game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Rourke was schooled on the hunting applications of modern sporting rifles by a Des Moines, Iowa, student who told him the AR-15 was an efficient tool for harvesting deer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, this is the first time that I\u2019ve heard the case made for using an AR-15 to hunt deer,\u201d O\u2019Rourke said, according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/beto-orourke-backtracks-on-ar-15-confiscation-keep-it-at-a-hunting-club-or-at-a-gun-range\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"orourke-just-gave-the-green-light-for-millions-of-new-hunt-clubs\" title=\"O'Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs\"><strong>Washington Examiner report<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019ve heard feral hogs in Texas, which are a real problem\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">That Won\u2019t Hunt<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Texas Congressman might want to get a better handle on his Lone Star roots. While the 5.56 mm round might be outlawed in some states for harvesting deer, it\u2019s perfectly\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tpwd.texas.gov\/regulations\/outdoor-annual\/hunting\/general-regulations\/means-and-methods\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"orourke-just-gave-the-green-light-for-millions-of-new-hunt-clubs\" title=\"O'Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs\">legal in Texas<\/a><\/strong>. Imagine his surprise when he learns that\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/msr\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"orourke-just-gave-the-green-light-for-millions-of-new-hunt-clubs\" title=\"O'Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs\">AR-10s look strikingly similar to AR-15s<\/a><\/strong>, but fire bullets in a variety of larger calibers, many perfectly suited for taking deer, antelope, elk and even bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Rourke\u2019s flip-flop compromise on pushing a confiscation, complete with the threat of a door-to-door visit from law enforcement to round them up, was panned by several law enforcement groups as&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/police-groups-slam-betos-plan-to-send-cops-to-collect-americans-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"orourke-just-gave-the-green-light-for-millions-of-new-hunt-clubs\" title=\"O'Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs\">\u201casinine\u201d and \u201cridiculous.\u201d<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;This isn\u2019t his first time wandering in the wilderness of gun control. Or just pandering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Rourke once wanted to be a U.S. Senator from Texas, but couldn\u2019t best Sen. Ted Cruz. During that campaign, he told radio personality Chad Hasty, of the \u201cChad Hasty Show,\u201d that he didn\u2019t want to confiscate modern sporting rifles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ignore What I Said\u2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you purchased that AR-15, if you own it, keep it,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/09\/12\/beto-orourke-flip-flops-on-ar-15s\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"orourke-just-gave-the-green-light-for-millions-of-new-hunt-clubs\" title=\"O'Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs\"><strong>he explained in 2018<\/strong><\/a>, adding, \u201cIf you own a gun, keep that gun. Nobody wants to take it away from you \u2014 at least I don\u2019t want to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He lost handily to Sen. Cruz in that election, which of course led to him eat dirt.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2019\/03\/20\/sen.-cruz-hilariously-responds-reports-beto-orourke-literally-eating-dirt-failed-2018-senate-bid\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"orourke-just-gave-the-green-light-for-millions-of-new-hunt-clubs\" title=\"O'Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs\">Literally, he ate dirt<\/a><\/strong>. Now, he believed it was special New Mexico dirt with regenerative powers. But at least he shared.&nbsp; He brought some home for his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, think about this, O\u2019Rourke might have opened the flood gates to a cottage industry. Hunt clubs are a thing in the United States. Many hunters pool their resources to lease properties and access hunting land. Owners of America\u2019s rifle just need to declare themselves a hunt club and they\u2019d have nothing to worry about when O\u2019Rourke comes knocking on their door to collect them. \u201cSorry, you can\u2019t take that. My house is a hunt club.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In all seriousness, joining a hunt club to own guns might be the way they do things in jolly ol\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2018\/03\/02\/world\/international-gun-laws.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"orourke-just-gave-the-green-light-for-millions-of-new-hunt-clubs\" title=\"O'Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs\"><strong>England, or Germany<\/strong><\/a>, but this is America. The Second Amendment is clear. It doesn\u2019t say Americans can go to their local shooting range, gun club or hunt club and request to check out the rifle they own. Americans&#8217; right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not by the government. Not by a gun range or hunt club. Certainly, it can\u2019t be the put under lock and key by a failing politician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry Keane&nbsp;<\/strong><em>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"orourke-just-gave-the-green-light-for-millions-of-new-hunt-clubs\" title=\"O'Rourke Just Gave the Green Light for Millions of New Hunt Clubs\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Francis \u201cBeto\u201d O\u2019Rourke, the poor fella, just can\u2019t help himself.  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