State Representative James Talarico’s record in the Texas House is once again interfering with his attempts to paint himself as a moderate everyman in his race against Attorney General Ken Paxton for Texas’s U.S. Senate seat. This time, the issue is his record on gun control and the Second Amendment.
Anyone could tell you that both firearms and the Second Amendment itself are incredibly popular in the state of Texas, which is why Breitbart’s Bob Price believes Talarico’s record could hurt him in November. “Look at his voting record, and you can see what he does,” Price said. “He says he wants to ban large-capacity magazines and semi-automatic assault rifles.”
In a recently resurfaced virtual town hall, Talarico told organizers: “There’s a right to bear arms, but it’s not unlimited, and we can put commonsense restrictions and limitations on that right.” That’s something Price disputed, pointing to the text of the Second Amendment, which clearly states: “… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Price went on to say that this is just the latest example of the fact that, despite what he tells voters, Talarico directly opposes many key Texas values. “He’s anti-gun, he’s anti-oil and gas, he’s anti-cattle. How much more un-Texan can you be?”