Kamala Harris Urges Americans to End Gun Violence Epidemic

September 7 :
The "epidemic of gun violence" that has gripped the United States was urged upon by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on September 4, in the aftermath of a high school massacre in Georgia that claimed the lives of four innocent souls. While addressing a rally in New Hampshire, the US vice president reaffirmed her support for stricter gun control measures and her proposal for an assault weapons ban, a stance that is strongly opposed by Republicans.

Harris lamented the newest wave of gun violence in a nation that has had hundreds of mass shootings this year, describing the massacre at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, as "a senseless tragedy," adding to the mountain of senseless tragedies. "And it's just outrageous that every day in our country, in the United States of America, that parents send their children to school worried about whether or not their child will come home alive," according to her.

We must put a permanent stop to the nationwide scourge of gun violence. Harris, who is in a close contest for the Republican nomination against Trump, the former president, told the gathering, "It doesn't have to be this way," before to outlining her economic program.

"Our hearts are with the victims," Trump wrote on social media, reflecting on the tragic loss of "these cherished children" who were "taken from us far too soon by a sick and deranged monster." His party views him as a strong supporter of gun rights.

Former US senator and former California prosecutor Kamala Harris has urged lawmakers to "finally" enact a ban on assault weapons, a measure that Vice President Joe Biden co-wrote and had signed into law in 1994.

The prohibition was not extended by Congress once it expired in 2004. In addition to urging the implementation of universal background checks, Harris has advocated for the creation of state protection orders known as "red flag laws" that would prohibit the purchase or possession of weapons by those individuals deemed to be a danger.

"It is a false choice to say you're either in favor of the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone's guns away," said Harris. "I'm in favor of the Second Amendment, and I know we need reasonable gun safety laws in our country."