Topline
Vice President Kamala Harris expanded on her owning a firearm in an interview Monday with “60 Minutes,” revealing she owns a Glock, as she and running mate Gov. Tim Walz have pointed to their firearm ownership to rebut criticism from the right about their gun control proposals.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Carnegie Mellon University on September 25 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Key Facts
The vice president has owned a Glock “for quite some time,” she told “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker, pointing to her law enforcement background as her reason for buying a firearm.
When asked if she had ever fired the weapon, Harris responded, “Of course I have,” saying she’s used the gun at a shooting range.
Harris surprised some viewers when she mentioned her gun ownership during her presidential debate against former President Donald Trump last month—telling Trump her and Walz are gun owners and “not taking anybody’s guns away, so stop with the continuous lying about this stuff”—though she noted in Monday’s interview that was “not the first time I’ve talked about it.”