Video that has quickly become ubiquitous on social media shows Democrat VP candidate Tim Walz struggling to load a shotgun.
Walz is a self-proclaimed hunter.
In the video, he awkwardly hunches over while trying to load the gun and says, “It never fits quit right.”
During the struggle someone off camera asks, “Governor, what kind of gun is it?”
He responds, indicating it s a Beretta A400, which is a semiautomatic firearm.
Walz has repeatedly used time on the campaign trail to remind voters that he is a hunter. He also reminds them he supports an “assault weapons” ban, which means he supports legislation that would ban America’s most popular rifle, the AR-15.
On October 3, 2024, Breitbart News reported Walz bragging about his relationship with gun control activist David Hogg.
Walz said, “David Hogg is a good friend of mine.”
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, a Pulsar Night Vision pro-staffer, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly: awrhawkins@breitbart.com.