Vice President Kamala Harris defended her gun ownership and said she would use a firearm to protect her home in a conversation with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday night.
Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, appeared at an event called Unite for America in Michigan, where she spoke with Winfrey about a slate of policy issues, including immigration, access to reproductive health care and her support for commonsense gun reform. During a candid moment, Winfrey asked Harris about her remarks during the debate last week against Donald Trump when she confirmed she is a gun owner. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-...d25be4b07a173e50d8c2 A very strong statement by our VP. Very strong. |
How does this work with the NRA is the devil crowd? Is there a middle ground in America on gun ownership? I believe in gun control, mandatory training, background checks, locking weapons. I do think it's OK to have a gun for hunting, sport or security if you pass all those hoops. |
Kamala is just signaling to those independent voters who think Trump is crazy that she's not a radical on gun control. She's a former prosecutor. It's fine. I do think the NRA are the devil and they've strayed so far from their original goals, but that's because they oppose common sense measures that you just measured like background checks, storing guns safely etc.
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She’s pandering to the gun lobby. Predictable. |
No one should be shocked that a former prosecutor owns a gun. They get so many threats from their local crazies.
Of course, she also lives in the VP mansion at the Naval Observatory. You ain’t breaking into that house without first getting domed by guys in tactical gear. I’m fine with her statement. And I hate the NRA and their loosens of firearms regs. You can hold that position. |
She's so fake lol. |
What’s the concern? That she demonstrates that the whole “they’re coming for your guns!” scare-mongering has always been based on a false premise? |
Reporting on her gun ownership dates back years. None of this should be surprising. |
+1 |
I’m a huge Kamala fan and I didn’t care for that statement by her. It speaks to a larger issue of gun safety. While she may not have children at home, access to loaded guns is very dangerous and causes many accidental deaths and suicides a year.
However I’m still voting for her. |
You understand that the NRA is a private organization right? It has nothing to do with general gun ownership, has been a barrier to common sense gun safety laws, and is in fact evil. That doesn't mean everyone who owns a gun is also evil. Will Republicans please try to get your heads out of your asses? |
Harris got a ton of death threats in 2019-2020 in the run up to the election. It was terrible. Not surprised she bought a gun. |
+1 somehow republicans have conflated basic gun safety measures with the culture woad and our kids are paying the price with daily school shootings. |
Meh. The Secret Service will shoot someone before she does. |
The Secret Service has been showing a lot of lapses. I think the Secret Service needs to have some housecleaning and be rebuilt. |