Kamala Harris Sends Desperate Plea for Better Gun Control, Wants to Ban 'Weapons of War' for Civilians

Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday issued a plea for the reinstatement of the federal assault weapons ban.

According to Fox News, Harris argued that certain semi-automatic weapons are "intentionally designed" to kill people and should only be used on the battlefield.

In an appearance on CBS News' "Face the Nation," the vice president also spoke about her visit to Highland Park, Illinois, where a man with a semi-automatic rifle opened fire on a Fourth of July parade, which killed seven and wounded 46.

Harris noted that mass shootings occur because "those weapons are available." She said one should stop the access of those weapons to civilians living in communities of people "who have a right to believe that they are not in a war zone."

The vice president added that assault weapons are a "weapon of war." Kamala Harris then noted that she supports the Second Amendment, but everyone "should agree we should not have weapons of war on the streets of America."

Kamala Harris on Highland Park Shooting

The vice president recently visited the Highland Park mass shooting site in Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Mayor Nancy Rotering.

Harris said in brief remarks to the media that the incident can happen anywhere and that everybody should stand together and "speak out about why it has got to stop."

The vice president noted that Congress had passed some gun safety measures after the Uvalde school shooting, which President Joe Biden has signed into law.

However, she noted that more was needed, calling for Congress to renew the assault weapons ban. Harris explained that there was no reason to have "weapons of war" on the streets of America, adding that people need reasonable gun safety laws.

Biden issued a statement shortly after the shooting, noting that the law he signed 10 days before would save lives. The president acknowledged that there is "much work to do," adding that he will not give up fighting the epidemic of gun violence.

Federal Assault Weapons Ban

Axios reported that the assault weapons ban was passed in 1994 after a series of shootings in Stockton, California, and on 101 California Street in 1993.

Senator Dianne Feinstein authored the original version of the bill. It was passed in Senate in 1993 and was signed into law by former President Bill Clinton in 1994.

The ban urged for a federal criminal code to "prohibit the manufacture, transfer, or possession" of a semi-automatic assault weapon. It also included more than a dozen specific firearms and guns with certain features.

It expired under former President George W. Bush in 2004. Congress did not reauthorize the ban, which allowed all previously-banned weapons to be legal again on September 13, 2004.

In 2019, Clinton called for the reinstallation of the ban after the deadly shooting in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Biden then called on Congres to pass gun control legislation after shooting in Boulder and Atlanta in March 2021.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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