{"id":2343063,"date":"2024-09-18T18:11:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T22:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-mask-slips-just-days-after-she-claimed-to-be-a-gun-owner-in-the-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T22:13:09","slug":"kamala-harris-mask-slips-just-days-after-she-claimed-to-be-a-gun-owner-in-the-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-mask-slips-just-days-after-she-claimed-to-be-a-gun-owner-in-the-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris&#8217; Mask Slips Just Days After She Claimed to Be a \u2018Gun Owner\u2019 in the Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-mask-slips-just-days-after-she-claimed-to-be-a-gun-owner-in-the-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2062article discusses \u2062Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s statements regarding gun control, particularly in \u2064the context\u2062 of \u200cher recent debate with former President Donald Trump. During\u200d the debate, she assured\u200d that her\u2064 administration\u200c would not infringe on \u2062Americans&#8217; Second Amendment\u2062 rights, emphasizing her\u2062 and Governor Tim \u2062Walz&#8217;s status \u200cas gun owners. However, shortly after \u2064the\u2064 debate, Harris indicated her support\u2062 for a broad \u200cban on certain firearms, specifically &#8220;assault weapons,&#8221; while \u2062also advocating for universal background \u2064checks and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-we-beat-the-nra-were-going-to-finish-the-job\/\" title=\"Biden: &#039;We defeated the NRA... We&#039;ll complete the task\">closing gun show loopholes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 piece highlights a prior commitment\u200b Harris made during her 2019 presidential campaign, where she supported a mandatory buyback \u2062program for assault\u2063 weapons, suggesting that there are millions of such firearms in circulation that need\u2063 to be removed from public ownership. The \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plans-to-ditch-biden-already-in-talks-before-debate-after-chuck-schumer-organizes-backup-betrayal-report\/\" title=\"Plans to Ditch Biden Already in Talks Before Debate After Chuck Schumer Organizes Backup Betrayal: Report\">article expresses skepticism<\/a> about \u2062the feasibility of\u200c her proposed policies, noting the logistical challenges posed by the\u200b sheer number of firearms and the\u200b limited resources available to enforce such measures. the \u200cauthor implies \u2062that \u200bHarris&#8217;s intentions\u200b to regulate guns could alienate gun owners and that her\u2064 administration may\u2062 pose risks to \u200dSecond Amendment\u2064 rights despite her reassurances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the assurances of Vice President Kamala Harris, her own past and current words confirm that Americans&rsquo; Second Amendment rights will not be secure if she wins the Oval Office in November.<\/p>\n<p>Harris dismissed concerns about any potential violation of citizens&rsquo; rights under her administration on September 10 in the first presidential debate against her opponent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-wanted-pull-classic-45-move-shots-rang-golf-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a question from ABC&rsquo;s Linsey Davis, Harris addressed a remark <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript\/story?id=113560542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made earlier in the debate<\/a> by Trump alleging she &ldquo;has a plan to confiscate everybody&rsquo;s gun.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then this business about taking everyone&rsquo;s guns away,&rdquo; Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>She continued: &ldquo;Tim Walz and I are both gun owners. We&rsquo;re not taking anybody&rsquo;s guns away. So stop with the continuous lying about this stuff.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>To the shock of nobody who has paid attention to her political career for more than two months, Harris&rsquo; mask slipped only days after the debate.<\/p>\n<p>During a conversation with the National Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Harris confirmed her support for a wide-reaching and ill-defined ban that would affect millions of firearms across America, and the citizens that own them.<\/p>\n<p>Harris let her plans for a ban slip when a panel member asked how she wants to tackle handguns, the weapons used in an oversized  of U.S. homicides.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, first of all, yes, I am a gun owner. And Tim Walz is a gun owner. And we&rsquo;re not trying to take anybody&rsquo;s guns away from them,&rdquo; Harris regurgitated. &ldquo;But we do need an assault weapons ban.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Assault weapons are designed to kill a lot of human beings quickly and have no place [on the streets of a civil society.]&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Not content with targeting so-called &ldquo;assault weapons,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social-media-posts-trump-assassination-attempt-suspect-sound-exactly-like-hear-kamala-harris-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> also said there was a need for universal background checks and closing the &ldquo;gun show loophole.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The targeting of certain firearms is nothing new for Harris, who, as a Democratic presidential primary candidate in 2019, supported a mandatory buyback program to pry guns from their owners.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to have a buyback program, and I support a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hardly-any-canadians-have-turned-in-their-now-outlawed-firearms-to-the-government\/\" title=\"Hardly Any Canadians Have Turned In Their Now-Outlawed Firearms To The Government\">mandatory gun buyback program<\/a>,&rdquo; Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/live-blog\/gun-safety-forum-live-updates-las-vegas-n1060911#ncrd1061751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s got to be smart, we got to do it the right way,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;But there are 5 million [assault weapons] at least, some estimate as many as 10 million, and we&rsquo;re going to have to have smart public policy that&rsquo;s about taking those off the streets, but doing it the right way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris might have a hard time convincing gun owners to disarm themselves, even with the weight of the U.S. government to back her.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, data shows that tens of millions of modern sporting rifles (a catch-all term for the often-vilified AR-15-style rifles) are currently in circulation in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The data continues to show that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-jamie-raskin-wants-to-tax-your-guns-if-he-cant-ban-them\/\" title=\"Congressman Jamie Raskin Wants To Tax Your Guns If He Can\u2019t Ban Them\">modern sporting rifle<\/a> is the most popular centerfire rifle sold in America today with over 28.1 million in circulation and being used for lawful purposes every day,&rdquo; NSSF CEO Joe Bartozzi said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shootingillustrated.com\/content\/more-than-28-1-million-modern-sporting-rifles-in-circulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Rifle Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives only has some 2,600 special agents able to cover the tens of millions of lawful firearm owners, the &ldquo;mandatory&rdquo; part of Harris&rsquo; gun-grabbing policies appears to be more of a suggestion than anything.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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During the first presidential debate on September 10 against former President Donald Trump, Harris downplayed worries about potential infringements on citizens&#8217; rights. Responding to a question from ABC\u2019s Linsey Davis regarding Trump&#8217;s claim that she has a plan to confiscate guns, Harris stated, \u201cAnd then this business about taking everyone\u2019s guns away&#8230; Tim Walz and I are both gun owners. We\u2019re not taking anybody\u2019s guns away. So stop with the continuous lying about this stuff.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, just days after the debate, it became clear where her true stance lies when she spoke with the National Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia. There, she expressed support for a broad ban that would impact millions of firearms and their owners across the country. When asked how she plans to address handguns\u2014responsible for a significant portion of U.S. homicides\u2014Harris reiterated her gun ownership but emphasized the need for an assault weapons ban: \u201cAssault weapons are designed to kill a lot of human beings quickly and have no place [in civil society].\u201d She also advocated for universal background checks and closing what is known as the &#8220;gun show loophole.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>This focus on specific firearms isn&#8217;t new; during her 2019 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Harris backed a mandatory buyback program aimed at removing guns from private ownership: \u201cWe have to have a buyback program&#8230; But there are 5 million [assault weapons] at least&#8230; we\u2019re going to have smart public policy that\u2019s about taking those off the streets.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Convincing gun owners to comply may prove challenging even with government backing; according to data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), there are tens of millions of modern sporting rifles currently in circulation in America. NSSF CEO Joe Bartozzi noted that over 28 million such rifles are legally owned and used daily by Americans. Given that only around 2,600 special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives oversee these millions of lawful firearm owners, Harris&#8217;s proposed &#8220;mandatory&#8221; policies may come across more as suggestions than enforceable measures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2343064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala-7.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3896,41176,32438,41177,32171],"class_list":["post-2343063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-debate","tag-gun-ownership","tag-kamala-harris","tag-mask-slips","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala-7.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}