Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke's campaign is weighing in on the Des Moines City Council's decision Monday to look into a ban on high-capacity magazines and bump-stocks.

The 2020 hopeful's Iowa director issued a statement Tuesday thanking the council for voting to explore an ordinance that would ban the possession of high-capacity magazines and "trigger activators" like bump-stocks.

The council's discussion followed last week's mass shooting at a city building in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where a gunman killed 12 people before he was shot by police.

"I’m grateful the Des Moines City Council unanimously voted to approve Councilman Josh Mandelbaum, Councilman Chris Coleman, and Mayor Frank Cownie’s motion to consider commonsense and necessary gun reform ordinances," director Norm Sterzenbach said in a statement. "From local city councils to Congress, we need strong public servants to summon the courage necessary to protect the public from this gun violence epidemic."

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On the campaign trail, O'Rourke has called for ending assault-style weapon sales, instituting universal background checks, creating more "red flag laws" that prevent people who are deemed to be a threat to themselves or others from buying guns, and investing in research on gun violence.