2024 presidential campaign press release: on Gun Control

Larry Elder: Goal of activists is a ban on civilian ownership of guns

Joe Biden: Close loopholes in Federal gun background check system

Kamala Harris: We need red flag laws & school mental health counselors

I'm in favor of the Second Amendment, and we need universal background checks. I'm in favor of the Second Amendment, and we need red flag laws.

And we need the people in the United States Congress to have the courage to stand up to the gun lobbyists and take action around what is just reasonable.

Universal background checks--you just might want to know before someone can buy a lethal weapon if they've been found to be a danger to themselves or others. So, there are solutions. And that's part of the work that I'm doing with the White House Gun Violence Prevention Office is to work on those solutions, including what we have recently done through that office, which is to put a billion dollars into hiring mental health counselors in our public schools to help address the mental health aspect of this.

Kamala Harris: Common sense reform: immediately ban bump stocks

Unfortunately, today's Supreme Court ruling strikes down this important, commonsense regulation on devices that convert semiautomatic rifles into weapons that can fire hundreds of bullets per minute.

While the Supreme Court has once again rolled back progress, we will not allow the victims and survivors of 1 October to be forgotten. President Biden and I fought to pass the most significant gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years, but our work is not done. We are calling on Congress to immediately ban bump stocks. We do not have a moment to spare nor a life to spare.

Kamala Harris: #1 killer of kids: gun violence; not cancer; not accidents

Let's think about it in terms of the tragedy that gun violence in America is the number-one killer of the children of America--not car accidents, not cancer--gun violence. One in five Americans has a family member that was killed by gun violence. Gun violence--Black victims of gun violence--10 times more likely to be a victim of gun violence. So, it's a real issue that requires everybody's priority in terms of addressing it.

Kamala Harris: Uvalde response: commonsense restrictions on weapons of war

With their help, President Biden and I fought to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the most significant gun safety law in nearly 30 years. [We also] established the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. But we know more must be done.

I am continuing to call on Congress and state legislators throughout America to have the courage to act by banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, passing red flag laws, and making background checks universal. These commonsense solutions will save lives and ensure that fewer children, families, and communities experience the trauma and pain that Uvalde has suffered.