VP Kamala Harris’s conversation about gun ownership with Oprah, as Katie Pavlich put it, came off as “fake and disingenuous.”
The women made light of the situation of a homeowner defending their property:
Harris: If someone breaks into my house, they’re getting shot, sorry.*Audience and Harris laugh*Oprah: I hear that, I hear that.Harris (while laughing): I probably shouldn’t have said that. My staff will deal with that later.
Pavlich wrote in her tweet:
You know how I know Kamala’s claim of “being a gun owner” is totally fake and disingenuous? This, right here. The last thing a gun owner wants is for someone to come into their home and for them to have to defend their life with a firearm. It isn’t funny. It’s terrifying and a life altering experience. She laughs about it and says things responsible gun owners don’t say. Further, if you’ve done any kind of self defense education or training you know an attorney would tell you to never say this. I find this attitude revolting.
I own a revolver and an AR. I hope I only use them at the range. I never want to be in a situation where I must use them in any other situation, especially when defending my family, myself, and home.
It isn’t funny. No sensible gun owner ever makes light of the possibility of using a gun for self-defense.
Yes, I have guns for self-defense.
Also, don’t forget what Harris said in 2007: “We’re going to require responsible behaviors among everybody in the community, and just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn’t mean that we’re not going to walk into that home and check to see if you’re being responsible and safe in the way you conduct your affairs.”
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