Beto O'Rourke blasts heckler who laughs at gun criticism after Uvalde: 'Funny to you mother—-er'

Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic candidate for governor running against the Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, began raising concerns about the need for more gun controls after the mass shooting that took place in Uvalde.

Beto O’Rourke, a Democratic candidate for governor of Texas, yelled at someone who laughed at him when he was challenging gun ownership rules in the aftermath of the mass shooting that occurred at Uvalde Elementary School.

At a town hall meeting held on Wednesday in Mineral Wells, Texas, Beto O’Rourke, a former member of the United States House of Representatives who also ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate and the presidency, was campaigning to unseat Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott in the upcoming election. On May 24, a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two adults.

“Now 11 weeks since we lost 19 children and their two teachers shot dead with a weapon originally designed for use in combat — a weapon legally purchased by an 18-year-old who did not try to obtain one when he was 16 or 17 but followed the law that was on the books, ladies and gentlemen, that says you can buy not one, but you can buy two or more if you want, AR-15s,” O’Rourke said. “Now 11 weeks since we lost 19 children and their two teachers shot

O’Rourke took a brief knee and gestured dramatically into the distance as he said, “Hundreds of rounds of ammo and take that weapon that was originally developed for use on the battlefields of Vietnam to break an enemy’s military helmet at 500 feet and knock him down dead.” O’Rourke was being theatrical.