CLAIM: During Tuesday night’s presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris claimed she and Tim Walz (D) “are not taking anyone’s guns away.”
VERDICT: False. Harris has campaigned on banning AR-15s and other guns that Democrats label “assault weapons.”
For example, on August 6, 2024, Breitbart News noted that during Harris and Walz’s first campaign event together, they pushed for a ban on AR-15s and other guns Democrats label “assault weapons.”
And during a 2020 MSNBC/Giffords gun control event, Harris made clear she supported buying back AR-15s and similar guns:
“Buying back” is Democrat lingo for confiscating with compensation. Moreover, it is the same program that Democrats like Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) have supported during their gun control pushes.
Therefore, the claim that a Harris-Walz administration would not be “taking anyone’s guns away” is false.
AWR Hawkins is an awardwinning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, a Pulsar Night Vision pro-staffer, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly: awrhawkins@breitbart.com.