RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:01 pm
twocoach wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:56 pm
randylahey wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:22 pm
So has she changed her mind?? Against something she's supported for a big chunk of her political career. Or is she just being deceitful to trying to lure in votes
Every politician has changing views on some topic over time. Just depends on what the topic is, what office they are running for and what the climate of the society is at the time. Trump's mind has changed about abortion how many times just in this election cycle?
She hasn't changed her fucking mind.
I challenged randy before to provide one example of her saying she supported a ban or buyback of ALL firearms. He couldn't do it.
She did say things about supporting mandatory buybacks of certain weapons back in the 2020 election cycle:
https://www.nraila.org/articles/2024091 ... -own-words
At a September 2019 campaign event, Harris told reporters that confiscating commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms was “a good idea.” Elaborating on her support for a compulsory “buyback” program, Harris added, “We have to work out the details -- there are a lot of details -- but I do…We have to take those guns off the streets.”
(Sahil Kapur, Kamala Harris Supports Mandatory Buyback of Assault Weapons, Bloomberg, September 6, 2019)
On the September 16, 2019 episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Harris reiterated her support for gun confiscation. During a question-and-answer session, an audience member asked Harris “Do you believe in the mandatory buyback of quote-unquote assault weapons and whether or not you do, how does that idea not go against fundamentally the Second Amendment?”
The candidate responded, “I do believe that we need to do buybacks.” Making clear that she believes Americans’ Second Amendment rights are for sale, Harris added “A buyback program is a good idea. Now we need to do it the right way. And part of that has to be, you know, buy back and give people their value, the financial value.”
On October 2, 2019, Harris called for gun confiscation during an MSNBC “gun safety forum.” During the event, Harris had the following exchange with MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin.
Melvin: As you know, the ‘94 assault weapons ban, it didn’t apply to weapons that were purchased before 1994. What would you do about the millions, specifically assault weapons, that are already in circulation? What do you do about those?”
Harris: Well, there are approximately 5 million, to your point Craig. We have to have a buyback program and I support a mandatory buyback program. It’s got to be smart, we got to do it the right way, but there are 5 million at least some estimate as many as 10 million and we’re going to have to have smart public policy that’s about taking those off the streets.
(2020 Gun Safety Forum, MSNBC, October 2, 2019, Watch the Video)
On October 31, 2019, Harris called for gun confiscation at a public television candidates forum in Ankeny, Iowa. Responding to a question about gun control, Harris answered, “I support buybacks.” The forum moderator then asked Harris, “How mandatory is your gun buyback program?” Harris made clear, “It’s mandatory.”
(IPTV Presents Conversations with Presidential Candidates, Iowa PBS, October 31, 2019, Watch the Video)
So he is technically right about that. But it does not sound like she continues to support that anymore so it's a moot point. In 2020, she had the mindset of a prosecutor. Now, she has more of a mindset of a politician and recognizes that mandatory buybacks is a non-starter. I am pretty liberal and don't support mandatory buybacks at all.