Kamala Harris pledges measures to ban the import of weapons of assault

NASHUA, N.H. – Presidential candidate Kamala Harris promised on Wednesday to take action against the ban on imports of assault weapons.

And the Democratic senator from California, during a New Hampshire election campaign, targeted a new measure in Alabama that would impose an almost total ban on abortions and disapproved of former vice president Joe Biden about a law controversial crime of 1994.

Harris also said he was willing to increase the number of Supreme Court justices, to implement term limits for high court judges or to limit the number of appointments that a president could make to the Supreme Court. .

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The proposals and positions were put in place as Harris tried to reinvigorate his campaign by visiting the country's first primary state. Harris' s proposal on assault weapons is the latest in a series of weapons – related actions that she had promised to take if she were elected and that Congress did not want to take action. was not acting during the first 100 days of his presidency.

"I announce for the first time today with you to take measures to ban the import of weapons of assault in our country," said the former California Attorney General and San Francisco Attorney to the public.

Harris pointed out that "assault weapons are designed to kill many people in a very short time. Let's look at the facts. One in four police officers who is killed in the performance of his duties by shooting is killed by an assault weapon. Let's look at the facts: There are four million assault weapons in the United States that were imported from foreign countries. "

Highlighting fierce disagreements between Democrats and Republicans over the issue of gun control, the candidate pointed out that "we can no longer afford to let people make it a partisan issue. These weapons, these assault weapons do not discriminate and determine "OK, this is the person I designate [at] a democrat or a republican. "

Last month, Harris announced that she would use the action of the presidential leadership to implement near-universal background checks, revoke the licenses of firearms dealers who violate the law, etc.

Harris's latest proposal came a week after New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, rival of the appointment, unveiled a gun control plan that included a federal license for all gun owners of the country.

Asked by Fox News if she planned to consider Booker's proposal, Harris replied, "Yes, I love his ideas. I think Cory has good ideas.

But she added, "to be straightforward about this, and it's not about Cory and his ideas, the fact is that we have not missed good ideas. The issue of firearms safety laws is not the absence of good ideas. "

Instead, she said that the absence of any movement on the issue is a "failure of Congress to have the courage to act." It's this base. That is why I said and I am ready to take action on this because I see no evidence of the ability or the will of Congress to have the courage to act. "

A growing number of candidates in the vast historical pool of White House Democrat candidates make the fight against gun violence a top priority in the 2020 campaign. As a result of the Orlando, Florida nightclub's collective shooting 2016, where 49 people were killed, the massacre of the Las Vegas concert that killed 58 people and the collective shooting of last year in a high school in Parkland, Florida, where 17 students and teachers were killed the fight against armed violence is once again at the center of the Democratic Party's concerns.

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Harris also disagreed with Biden, the undisputed leader in the Democratic nomination contest, about the effects of the 1994 crime bill.

The former vice president, who was campaigning a few days earlier in Nashua 24 hours earlier, credited the gun control provisions of the law that he said helped him "beat the NRA". .

"I am the only man to beat the NRA nationally," Biden said on Tuesday in defense of the law. "Because when we drafted the crime bill, everyone is talking about bad things, let me tell you about the good things about the crime bill."

"It was the one who was banned from assault weapons, a limited number of bullets in a clip, and prevented the killer bullets of the cops, the Teflon bullets, from being available. has made every effort to ensure that there is background check for the first time in American history, "he added.

The law, which the Delaware senator of the day helped to elaborate, has been criticized in recent years by Democrats who accuse the measure of increasing the number of incarcerations, especially among minorities.

Harris told reporters, "I have a lot of respect for Vice President Joe Biden, but I do not agree. This crime bill of 1994 contributed to mass incarceration in our country. It was encouraging and it was the first time we had a federal law on the three strikes. He funded the construction of more prisons in the states. So I do not agree.

She also attacked a bill passed Tuesday by the Alabama Senate that would outlaw almost all abortions. Lawmakers in the Republican state have proposed amendments allowing for exceptions to the extent of rape or incest, providing for exceptions only when a woman's health is in danger.

"We will not tolerate that," Harris told the crowd.

And she told reporters that she would support a court challenge if the bill became law.

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Wade, a landmark Supreme Court ruling dating back to the 1970s that codified the right to abortion, a litmus test for high court candidates, came closer.

"This will undoubtedly be a very important factor for anyone before the US Supreme Court, if they are willing to accept the precedent and agree that it is a matter of course." a question that concerns the woman's right to privacy and that she would follow the precedent and appreciate the significance of this decision, "she explained.

"A president can respect a woman's right to choose. A president can use the chair of intimidation and the bouquet of microphones in front of her at any time to play a leading role in a matter that directly affects the health and well-being of women in our country ", she said. "When abortions were illegal in our country, women died. The women died because they had not had a choice. This is a fundamental problem.

Harris also joined many of her progressive rivals when she was nominated to seek the Supreme Court's expansion to counterbalance what she called a "crisis of confidence" in the country's highest judicial instance, that she blamed the Republicans.

The candidate said: "I am open to this conversation about the increase in the number of Supreme Court members, on the application of term limits to sit in court … perhaps to limit the number candidates that any president can do. "

There has been speculation in recent weeks on a Biden-Harris 2020 Democratic ticket.

When told about his role as vice president of the former vice president, Harris told reporters, "If people want to speculate on vice presidential candidates, I encourage that. Because I think Joe Biden would be a great candidate. As vice-president, he proved that he knew how to do the job. And certainly many other candidates for me who would make a vice president very viable and interesting. "

A little earlier, she seemed to be trying her luck against some of her rivals. Asked by a member of the audience about what it would take to defeat Republican President Trump in 2020, Harris touted his resume and said, "I do not make this criticism a pretty speechy critic. . "