Kamala Harris steps up gun control program

Kamala Harris' unilateral crackdown on firearms is expanding.

During the presidential campaign to be held Wednesday in New Hampshire, Harris will pledge to take action to ban the import of AR-15 type assault weapons – a decision that will comes just three weeks after the California Democrat presented her proposal for gun control.

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Harris – a former career prosecutor who seems to want to own the firearms issue in the cluttered primary – said that if Congress failed to pass tougher firearms laws during its first 100 days in the presidency, she would take things in hand. This involves signing orders requiring virtually universal background checks on firearm sales, closing the so-called "boyfriend flaw", reversing the decision of the government. Trump administration to allow fugitives with an ongoing arrest warrant to buy firearms, and repealing a law preventing victims firearms makers and gun sellers are responsible of their losses.

But since she unveiled the original plan, Harris has had to face significant competition. Last week, Cory Booker released a 14-part proposal calling for a license to all gun owners that supporters of the New Jersey Democrats consider the most aggressive of the presidential candidates. The Booker firearms licensing program would require, among other things, a thorough background check of the FBI and evidence of the success of a firearms safety course. On Tuesday, Booker released details on what he calls a gun suicide prevention plan.

The slight increase in mass shootings has raised the gun control problem in the 2020 primary, easing many Democrats' long-term fears that taking a tougher stance against guns could cost them votes. during the general election. Booker and Harris took the lead on the issue – with Booker promising to bring "the fight to the NRA as it has never been seen before". "In fact," added Booker's campaign in a statement on Monday, "the National Review took the time to print four pieces (and many tweets) attacker Cory."

Although Booker focuses primarily on the gun control priorities that require Congressional approval, his one-sided approach is based on years of inaction in Washington in the face of repeated mass fire – from Las Vegas in 2017 to Pulse Disco Orlando, Florida. In both cases, according to his campaign, shooters used assault weapons manufactured by foreign companies, of which 4 million are in circulation in the United States.

Harris wants to ban imports of AR-15 assault weapons and suspend all other imports until the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can determine whether they should to be permanently banned under US law. His campaign claims that weapons could be banned because they are not "adapted or easily adaptable for sporting purposes". This includes the 44 AR type models listed in the latest assault weapons ban that was introduced in Congress.

Harris said that she would also work to make firearms trafficking a federal crime, ban high-capacity magazines and ban people convicted of a federal hate crime. 39, buy firearms.