# O'Rourke on gun confiscation, then and now (a.k.a. Francis' flip-flop)

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orourke-on-gun-confiscation-then-and-now-a-k-a-francis-flip-flop/840333 "2019-09-16T19:10:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orourke-on-gun-confiscation-then-and-now-a-k-a-francis-flip-flop/840333/154 "2019-09-19T21:05:42Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> CA has banned assault weapons since 1989 has no OC and almost no CCW, background checks for all gun sales. So there, _it has been tried_ for a generation or two- and it made not a dent in the murder rate. CA is still where it was- right in the middle of all states.  
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**Oh thank God!** For a minute, I thought for a minute that enough people weren’t dying in California in order to bolster your argument to fetishize guns! Whew! Dodged a bullet there, didn’t we? 😉

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