Gun laws or second amendment is a 'false choice,' Harris says in Chicago

Reuters ^ | August 11, 2023 | By Bianca Flowers

[DoodleBob]

CHICAGO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris jumped into another divisive American issue ahead of the 2024 re-election campaign on Friday, vowing support for activists trying to end gun violence and accusing gun law opponents of "hypocrisy."

Harris, who has embraced a more combative role as President Joe Biden's re-election campaign kicks into gear, took a swipe at Republicans who have blocked Democrats' proposed gun safety laws, saying such changes are no threat to Americans' constitutional gun rights.

"There are some people who are just trying to sell a false choice ... that you're either in favor of the Second Amendment, or you want to take everyone's guns away," she said.

The "very people who refuse to engage in a meaningful debate and discussion on this, who refuse to pass reasonable laws are the same ones who talk about accountability all the time," she said at a Chicago event organized by Everytown for Gun Safety, an anti-gun violence organizations. "The hypocrisy of that."

[DoodleBob]

The rest of the Reuters article is basically anti-civil rights disinformation.

[PeterPrinciple]

Would be interesting if some asked her the reason for the 2nd.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Gee Harris if you hate guns so much remove your security detail okie dokie

[philman_36]

...vowing support for activists trying to end gun violence and accusing gun law opponents of "hypocrisy."

Translation - You WILL be disarmed and
projection let's you know where the hypocrisy really is.

[clearcarbon]

"Would be interesting if some asked her the reason for the 2nd."

I suspect her answer would have something to do with racism or climate change.

[kiryandil]

Says the air-headed vacuum hose that has a full Secret Service detail with her 24-7-365...

[DoodleBob]

Oh, that’s easy.

It’s for hunting.

‘Militia” is an 18th Century term for Hunting Club.

It’s in the Federalist Papers, ya know. Right next to the Free Press being defined as pro-government pamphleteers.

[kiryandil]

Gee Harris if you hate guns so much remove your security detail okie dokie

The airhead didn't mean HER gunthugs, silly!  

[ridesthemiles]

The ignorant bitch has Secret Service protection 24/7/365.

Does she think they use foam bats to do their job.???

I don’t have SS protection——and neither do 99% of the USA CITIZENS.

I will protect MYSELF as best I can-—and THAT “BEST” includes weapons of MY CHOICE.

The slut companion of Willie Brown can pound sand.

[OttawaFreeper]

How about this Kamala? It should be choosing between costly and ineffective gun controls that only affect the law abiding and better crime control and intervention methods that deal with criminal or tragic violence (suicides or accidents) regardless of the weapon(s) used.

[Nifster]

See. Now I feel I’ll educated

[Gay State Conservative]

It's obvious that her only noteworthy accomplishments were on her back but "shall not be infringed" simply *isn't* open to interpretation.

[Shady]

And you are a false VP, Kammy Whammy.

[philman_36]

Now I feel I’ll educated

What? all educated...ill educated...
That don't make no sense.

[Lockbox]

Ok, In 2021 48,183 Americans died by gun, 54% of all gun-related deaths in the U.S. were suicides (26,328), while 43% were murders (20,958). Drug deaths nationwide hit a new record in 2022. 109,680 people died as the fentanyl crisis continued to deepen, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

So Fentanyl kill twice as many as guns or four times as many when removing suicide by gun.

The VP’s comment on Fentanyl control..... cricket sounds....

[ProtectOurFreedom]

20,000 gun laws is clearly not enough. Isn’t it obvious that, if we could only add a few more gun laws, gun violence would end? Who could possibly deny that?

[MileHi]

The "very people who refuse to engage in a meaningful debate and discussion on this,

...are the lying democRats.

[entropy12]

Willie Brown was the right choice! She got promoted!!

[entropy12]

Murder has been illegal for centuries. Why murders continue unabated? If laws could stop crime, why there is so much crime?

[jimfree]

Spoken like a REAL false choice.