Kamala Harris was ‘joking’ about shooting an intruder, insist aides in latest u-turn

Ms Harris is striking a delicate balance between her own support for gun controls and the Second Amendment to the US Constitution, which gives citizens the right to bear arms.

“Here’s my point, Oprah,” Ms Harris said on Thursday. “I’m not trying to take everyone’s guns away.”

Ms Harris has previously said she is a gun owner, and mentioned it again during her debate with Donald Trump on September 10. A source told CNN she had bought a small pistol that would fit in a purse.

“I am a gun owner, and I own a gun for probably the reason a lot of people do – for personal safety,” she told reporters on the campaign trail in Iowa in 2019. Tim Walz, her running mate, is also a gun owner.

Ms Harris has backed a ban on assault rifles, many of which have been used in mass shootings in the US, and described them as “weapons of war”.

She has also spoken in favour of so-called “red flag laws” that would enforce stricter background checks on gun purchases.

She said on Thursday that her support for the restrictions are “just common sense”.

Joe Biden, her running mate in 2020, has passed several restrictions on guns during his time in office, including a new rule that imposes stricter background checks on buyers under the age of 21.

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