During a roundtable discussion at the Newtown Community Center last night, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke met with gun control advocates. 

As he entered the event, O'Rourke said he wasn't there to pitch himself, not to lay out a platform, not to campaign, but to listen to the people of Newtown. 

O’Rourke believes Connecticut can offer important solutions to the rest of the country, calling this a defining moment of truth for Americans.  He said the people of this community understand this better than perhaps almost any other community in this country, and not just the devastation and the grief and the lost, but what those solutions are. 

During an expletive-laced outburst, a Newtown woman confronted O'Rourke on his September remarks about supporting gun confiscation.  Rebecca Carnes says it's about mental health and the war on boys and masculinity.  She repeatedly called on O'Rourke to answer her questions and debate her.  Carnes also said the Democrats have been in charge of urban communities and cities for decades, and have failed, and don't care.  She added that O'Rourke doesn't care about urban gun violence, which is why he was in Sandy Hook.

During a September debate, O'Rourke called for taking people's AR-15 and AK-47 rifles . His comments came in the wake of several high-profile shootings, including two in his home state. Besides a national buyback program for banned guns, he supports universal background checks and other measures.

A Guildford man whose 15-year-old son Ethan died in an accidental shooting last year also attended last night and asked if O'Rourke supported a  federal version of Ethan’s Law.  He responded that he would require adults safely store their guns when children are in their homes.