Hell yes,
James Talarico wants to take Texans' guns.
A new report exposed
Talarico explaining that failing to confiscate guns from law-abiding Texans is
"ignoring God's messengers."
Talarico
has made it very clear - he isn't just coming for Texans' guns, he's coming for
their entire way of life.
Read the full story here and
highlights below.
WATCH:
James Talarico Said Failure to Restrict AR-15s Is ‘Ignoring God’s Messengers’
Breitbart
September
3, 2026
Texas
Democrat U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico urged restrictions on certain
firearms for young adults during a Texas House floor speech, framing lawmakers’
refusal to pass his proposal as disregarding a message from God.
A clip
posted to Talarico’s YouTube channel in 2023 shows the state
representative making the remarks during debate over various bills proposed in
response to a 2022 shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.
In a floor
speech on May 11, 2023, Talarico said that refusing to pass HB 2744, a bill he
sponsored to ban 18- to 21-year-olds from owning certain guns, is “ignoring
God’s messengers.”
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Talarico
previously criticized similar proposals and said he strongly opposed having
police protect schools, arguing that doing so fuels a “culture of
violence.”
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RNC
spokesman Zach Kraft told Breitbart News, “James Talarico has been very clear
he will confiscate Texans’ guns and then force them to pay for freebies for
illegal immigrants and sex changes for kids. He is a truly sick individual who
will destroy Texans’ way of life if given the chance.”
Talarico
has repeatedly advocated for additional restrictions on firearms.
As a Texas
legislator, Talarico voted against constitutional carry on
multiple occasions and against making Texas a Second Amendment
sanctuary. He has also claimed that people who support the Second
Amendment don’t understand the words “well regulated,” voiced support for
an assault-weapons ban and a large-capacity magazine ban, and said the state
“should start to think about handgun design safety standards.” Talarico also
hired the leader of “Cocks Not Glocks” to lead his gun-control portfolio.
The group handed out sex toys to raise awareness about banning guns.
In
another clip from a 2019 press conference, Talarico said those
who do not support gun control have “blood on your hands.”
During a
June appearance on the Unity Over Division podcast, Talarico said the
Second Amendment is “not absolute.” “I believe in the Second Amendment just as
much as I believe in the First. We have a right to bear arms to protect
ourselves, our families. We have a right to own weapons for sport or for
hunting.
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In a 2020
interview with South Asian American Voter Empowerment, or SAAVE TX, Talarico
endorsed an assault-weapons ban and argued that politicians who discuss the
Second Amendment often fail to recognize that the words “well regulated” appear
in its text. Talarico said the right to bear arms is “not unlimited” and listed
universal background checks, closing the “gun show loophole,” an
assault-weapons ban, a large-capacity magazine ban, restrictions on large
firearm purchases, and handgun design safety standards among policies he was
interested in pursuing.
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Talarico’s campaign website has also listed background checks for all gun sales, a firearm-storage law, and raising the minimum purchase age for semiautomatic rifles with certain military-style features among his priorities. He is running against Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who has used his position as Texas attorney general to challenge gun-control measures. Paxton’s office announced in April that it had preserved an injunction preventing enforcement of a Biden administration ATF rule involving private firearm sales, and Paxton joined 25 other state attorneys general in a 2025 amicus brief challenging District of Columbia gun restrictions. He has also sued Dallas over restrictions on carrying firearms on public property. “I will always do everything in my power to defend Texans’ gun rights from cities that would strip us of our legal rights,” Paxton said in April 2025.
