Kamala Harris' unilateral crackdown on guns is expanding
At a presidential campaign event Wednesday in New Hampshire, Harris will pledge to take executive action banning the importation of AR-15-style assault weapons — a move that comes just three weeks after the California Democrat rolled out her sweeping gun-control proposal.
The uptick in mass shootings has elevated the issue of gun control in the 2020 primary, assuaging long-held fears of many Democrats that taking a tougher stand against firearms could cost them votes in the general election. Booker and Harris have taken an early lead on the issue — with Booker promising to bring “the fight to the NRA like it’s never seen before.
Yet while Booker is largely focused on gun-control priorities that require congressional approval, Harris' unilateral approach is based on years of inaction in Washington amid repeated high-profile mass shootings — from Las Vegas in 2017 to the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in 2016. In both cases, her campaign said, the shooters used assault-weapons made by foreign companies, 4 million of which are in U.S. circulation.
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