Vice President Kamala Harris has pushed back hard on claims that she wants to take people’s guns away by repeatedly saying that she and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz own guns. It sounds reassuring, but it doesn’t align with past statements.
Gone are the Democratic nominee’s emphatic assertions from her previous presidential campaign, in which she said, “I support a mandatory buyback program.” When asked whether she agreed with President Biden that she couldn’t ban assault weapons with an executive order, Ms. Harris said, “Hey, Joe, rather than saying no, we can’t, let’s say yes, we can.
” It wasn’t just that she took this position, but also the enthusiasm with which she did so. Ms. Harris has championed gun control for years.
As San Francisco district attorney, she said, “Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn’t mean that we’re not going to walk into that home and check to see if you’re being responsible.” It seems Ms. Harris believes that gun ownership voids privacy rights and eliminates the need for consent to searches.
Ms. Harris asserted the constitutionality of banning all handguns in a 2008 amicus brief she filed with the Supreme Court. She even claimed that no individual right to self-defense exists.
Mr. Biden is the most activist president we’ve had on gun control, shutting down thousands of gun dealers by mid-2022 due to minor paperwork errors. The president renewed former President Barack Obama’s.
