WASHINGTON, D.C. – Vice President Kamla Harris is coming for your firearms. On Twitter today, she announced she wants to ban assault weapons, essentially all semi-automatic rifles on the market today.
“We want to ban assault weapons,” Harris posted. “Republicans want to ban books. We are fighting for working people. Republicans are fighting to cut taxes for our country’s wealthiest people. We are investing to fight the climate crisis. Republicans are denying climate change. Elections matter.”
Harris’s new gun control initiative, prompted by the Lewiston, Maine mass shooting, focuses on state-level bans of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. This approach is a strategic pivot to state action, acknowledging the challenges in passing extensive federal gun control laws due to resistance from Second Amendment advocates and Republican lawmakers. The initiative is part of the Biden administration’s larger efforts to address the issue of gun violence in the United States.
The initiative by Vice President Kamala Harris specifically calls for states to implement bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. This targeted approach is a response to ongoing concerns about the prevalence and impact of these types of firearms in mass shootings and other instances of gun violence in the United States. The focus on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines is aimed at reducing the potential for high casualty events, forming a key part of the broader strategy to address gun violence nationally.