But perhaps the most surprising change — at least to those who are not policy experts — has been his liberal stance gun controlIn 2019, he supported mandatory buybacks, but his current stance reflects a more restrained approach. Recent PR blitz Oprah Winfrey In that spirit, Harris wanted to send two messages: 1) She’s not going to touch it second Amendmentand 2) she is a gun owner who supports gun safety laws.
“If anybody broke into my house they’d get shot,” Harris joked to Oprah.
Harris’s sudden enthusiasm for guns reminds me of Travis Bickle, the tortured antagonist of Martin Scorsese’s film.
Taxi Driver
Joe became obsessed with self-defense and purchased a number of guns from a dealer to “protect himself”, resulting in him getting a haircut and shooting at a brothel.
Perhaps there was some truth to Harris’ joke that if someone broke in they would get shot, since it’s not uncommon for prosecutors to carry firearms for protection, since their daily job is to lock up particularly violent offenders in jail.
Harris first mentioned guns during the 2019 presidential campaign, and the gun was kept safely in her L.A. home. When Harris ran a more progressive campaign — of course, she didn’t campaign for very long before meeting a speaker named Tulsi Gabbard — she wasn’t particularly vocal about her gun ownership. On the other hand, at the time 2024 DNCShe emphasized that both she and her vice president, Tim Walz, are gun owners. Now that she’s trying to appeal to a broader base, Harris is more vocal about her gun ownership while advocating for safer gun control.
Harris claims her stance on gun safety is motivated by her being a gun owner and that she has no desire to violate the Second Amendment: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
Harris’s team deflected to CNN when asked about the date she purchased the gun or its manufacture. When asked if Harris had followed through on her promise to own a gun before the debate, an adviser admitted to CNN that it was “a nice way for her to show that she respects the Second Amendment”.
Of course, none of his statements come close to those of Donald Trump, who famously said he could shoot anyone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any votes, a move that was repeated on the dystopian TV show
Boys
Where the Trumpian Homelander kills someone with heat vision in front of an audience.
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Harris spoke on gun safety
here are Kamala HarrisHere are the US government’s statements on gun safety, organized statement by statement:
- Las Vegas Forum, 2019: “We have to have a buyback program, and I support a mandatory buyback program.”
- Campaign stop in Iowa, 2019: “I am a gun owner, and I own a gun for probably the same reason a lot of people do — for personal protection. I was a career prosecutor.
- Vice Presidential debate, October 2020: “I’m not going to take away your guns. But if you’re talking about weapons of war, we need to ban assault weapons.”
- Comment on the Red Flag Law, 2023: “Red flag laws can save lives by preventing individuals who are a threat to themselves or others from possessing firearms. It’s a practical solution that can help prevent mass shootings and suicides.”
- WPVI Philadelphia Interview, 2024: “I’ve personally prosecuted murder cases. I’ve personally observed autopsies. I’ve personally seen what assault weapons do to the human body, and so I strongly believe that it’s consistent with the Second Amendment and your right to own a gun that we want to ban assault weapons.”
Here are 10 other stories to keep an eye on this race:
1) Kennedy Redux: Can there be a US election without the Kennedy sex scandal? A star reporter from New York Magazine under scrutiny For his relationship with RFK Jr.
2) Oprah’s takeaway: Here it is Headlines From Oprah’s program with Harris.
3) Undecided: For the first time, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said it would not endorse any presidential candidate. There is one thing, though This candidate is more likely to be supported by the majority of members.
4) Gun fight: What did Harris and Trump do? What has been said so far about gun laws?
4) Keeping them humble: The second gentleman had an answer for Sarah Sanders, who attacked Harris having no biological children,
5) Vance attack: Laura Loomer has a theory Who is making up stories about Vance.
6) Media bias? 95% of coverage about Trump after the second assassination attempt was negative, Claim A conservative media watchdog.
7) Oprah vs. Trump: There was a time when Oprah and Trump were good friends. what went wrong?
8) Anti-Semitism: A leading Republican candidate in North Carolina is being accused of anti-Semitism. Will this hurt Trump?,
9) Trump’s appeal to Jews: At a pro-Israel rally, Donald Trump said that Jews should give this message to the Jews… Jewish voters urged Those who support Harris need to “get her head examined.”
10) Trouble for Harris? Muslim voters in the U.K. thwarted Keir Starmer’s plans during the recent election. Could something similar happen in other countries? Muslim-Americans are switching their allegiances to the Green Party,
