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Allow them to take away your sacred right to keep and bear arms. >> jesse: and another 2020 democratic taking the calls. here's kamala harris. >> a buyback program is a good idea. now we need to do it the right way. part of that has to be buyback and give people their value, the financial value of what they have and not just take things from people that have value without compensating them. >> jesse: all right, so juan, for many, many years, republicans have said democrats are coming for your guns. and you guys have been saying, oh, no that's not true. that's just a talking point. but now we k...

I raise that, joy, because others have said this is something we'd fear if there were mandatory buyback program. no. we expect people to follow the law. that's certainly what i believe will happen. >> former texas congressman and presidential candidate beto o'rourke. clarifying remarks that he made in the democratic debate. he sparked controversy by saying we're going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. joining me now is progressive commentator and talk show host rashad richie and former speech writer for president george w. bush. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> does the fact that o'...

When everyone should be on the same page. regardless, i want to ask you about an issue that came up last night. beto o'rourke made it very clear he's comfortable with a federal mandatory gun buyback program. let me play for you what he said about that. >> hell, yes, we're going to take your ar-15, ak-47, we're not going to allow it to be used against fellow americans anymore. >> do you support a federal mandatory buyback program, congressman? >> i think we should have a buyback program. mandatory is probably aspirational. i don't see any reason for people to have ar-15s or ar 47s. i think it w...

Standpoint on what are known as assault rifles, semiautomatic rifles, et cetera. do they support a buyback program as opposed to just a ban of future sales of weapons in that category? >> he does. and he believes we have to have an aggressive program to get guns off our streets. illegal guns off our streets. he's been the most aggressive candidate in this field on gun safety reform. it's something he's been talking about way back since the spring. what he said last night on the stage is really, really important here is that it should not take these issues coming to our communities, whether it ...

This divisive thing. that's important as a turning point for the democratic party. i remember john kerry going on hunting trips to be photographed with guns. and we see beto o'rourke and kamala harris and cory booker talking about a buyback program that has a chance to -- not taint, but change the trajectory of what's going on on capitol hill with background checks. >> that's texas. that's gun country right there. and that played well in that room. >> the democrats trying to, i guess, define, use health care to define the debate. a big statement on guns, that will animate the second amendment ...