{"id":206614,"date":"2024-09-11T17:08:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T22:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=206614"},"modified":"2024-09-11T17:12:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T22:12:47","slug":"vp-harris-ducks-and-dodges-on-guns-in-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/vp-harris-ducks-and-dodges-on-guns-in-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Harris Ducks and Dodges on Guns in Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump didn\u2019t provide voters with much regarding a topic that is one of the most important issues to them as they consider which candidate they\u2019ll support on Nov. 5: the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have operated for three and a half years as the most hostile presidential administration against the firearm industry and the right to keep and bear arms. The vice president is talking on the campaign trail like she\u2019ll continue that approach. Many believe she would be even more antigun, anti-industry as president than she is as the Biden administration\u2019s \u201cgun czar\u201d leading The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention that is staffed by Everytown\u2019s former top lobbyist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took more than 90 minutes before there was even a mention of firearms and it was the candidates who brought it up, not the transparently biased moderators. Voters will be looking for more as they rightfully have serious concerns about what a potential Harris administration would mean for law-abiding Americans and their Constitutional rights to purchase and possess firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprise Gun Owner?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ABC News debate moderator Linsey Davis referenced the vice president\u2019s flip-flopping on mandatory gun buybacks, which amount to confiscation, during one question that was more about changing policy positions generally than it was about the Second Amendment specifically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Near the end of the debate, Davis asked, \u201cYou wanted mandatory buybacks for assault weapons. Now your campaign says you don\u2019t,\u201d Davis said before asking Harris why so many of her policy positions had changed, according<\/a><\/strong> to The Reload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice President Harris didn\u2019t address the question and was only forced to respond later to a criticism by former President Donald Trump warning voters<\/a><\/strong> that if elected, the vice president would have \u201ca plan to confiscate everyone\u2019s gun.\u201d She jumped in with a comment that caught viewers\u2019 attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd then this business about taking everyone\u2019s guns away, Tim Walz and I are both gun owners,\u201d Vice President Harris stated<\/a>.<\/strong> \u201cWe\u2019re not taking anyone\u2019s guns away. So stop with the continuous lying about this stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vice president\u2019s remark about being a gun owner drew attention. She practically never mentions being a gun owner in all her calls for more gun control and the only reference before is a glancing mention in a 2019 CNN interview<\/a><\/strong>. Not surprisingly, Second Amendment supporters were skeptical of her statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo now Harris owns a gun? Ha, I\u2019d love to know what kind\/caliber and how often she trains with it,\u201d competitive shooter, GunsOut TV founder and CNN commentator Shermichael Singleton posted on social media<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So now Harris owns a gun? Ha, I'd love to know what kind\/caliber and how often she trains with it.<\/p>— Shermichael Singleton (@MrShermichael) September 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>