Kamala Harris: "I own a gun" to ensure his personal protection

Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisOccern Health Care – Presented by PCMA – Sanders Welcomes Fight with Trump About "Medicare for All" | DOJ lawyer in the ObamaCare case leaving | NYC mayor defends vaccination mandate | The Ohio Government signs a "heart-breaking" abortion bill Biden will lead a "return to normal" in 2020? Kamala Harris: "I own a firearm & # 39; for personal protection PLUS (D-Calif.), Democratic presidential candidate of 2020, said Thursday that she possessed a firearm for personal safety reasons, adding that she believed in some changes to the weapons laws fire.

"I own a gun and I own a gun for the same reason as many people, for reasons of personal safety," she told reporters in Iowa.

The presidential candidate has criticized what she considers to be a "false choice" between supporting the second amendment and removing the weapons, which she says is "born of the lack of courage of the leaders".

"For too long, and still today, we are being offered a false choice that suggests that you are either in favor of the second amendment, or that you want to take the weapons out of everyone," she said.

She added that she supported "smart gun safety laws" such as universal background checks and the renewed prohibition of assault weapons.

.@KamalaHarris on firearms policy: "I own a firearm … We are being offered a false choice, which suggests that you are either in favor of the 2nd Amendment or that you wish to remove all weapons everyone's fire ". # IACaucus pic.twitter.com/qAmPpTRHY7

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Harris is part of a dozen people who are fighting over the Democratic Party's presidential nomination for 2020. According to a poll released Thursday, it would have the support of only 7% of Democratic voters in the Democratic Party. ;Iowa.