Kamala Harris reminded voters she owns a gun during debate. Here’s her stance on the Second Amendment
Kamala Harris made an admission that may have surprised some viewers ofthe presidential debate against Donald Trump: she is a gun owner.
During Tuesday night’s debate, Trump accused Harris of having “a plan to confiscate everybody’s guns” if she is elected in November.
Responding to the false claim, the vice president said: “This business about taking everyone’s guns away – Tim Walz and I are both gun owners.
“We’re not taking anybody’s guns away, so stop with the continuous lying about this stuff.”
Walz chimed in in a statement on X: “Kamala Harris and I are both gun owners. We’re not going to take away your Second Amendment rights – we’re going to prevent your kids from getting shot at school.”
Commentators also remarked on social media how possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is a federal crime, meaning Harris is legally allowed to own a gun but Trump, by law, is not.
“Not only are Kamala Harris and Tim Walz law-abiding gun owners, as she says, but Donald Trump has had his guns removed from his possession because he is a convicted felon,” Democratic congressman Jamie Raskin said in a post on X.
Another person said: “Fun Fact: Kamala Harris can own a gun. As a convicted felon, Donald Trump can’t.”
After Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at his hush money trial earlier this year, ABC News reported that the NYPD would be revoking his gun license.
Harris’s revelation that she owns a gun is not new.
The Democratic presidential nominee first revealed she has a firearm in 2019 while on the campaign trail for the 2020 presidential election.
Back then, a campaign aide confirmed to CNN that Harris owns a handgun, purchased a number of years ago, which she keeps locked up for