Kamala Harris proposing gun safety measures she’d take as president

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., addresses supporters at a campaign rally at Morehouse College in Atlanta on March 24. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., addresses supporters at a campaign rally at Morehouse College in Atlanta on March 24. Photo: Curtis Compton / Associated Press Photo: Curtis Compton / Associated Press Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., addresses supporters at a campaign rally at Morehouse College in Atlanta on March 24. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., addresses supporters at a campaign rally at Morehouse College in Atlanta on March 24. Photo: Curtis Compton / Associated Press Kamala Harris proposing gun safety measures she’d take as president WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris laid out a series of steps Monday night that she would take to try to reduce gun violence if Congress fails to act in her first 100 days if she’s elected president — without having to seek congressional approval. They include a plan to use executive authority to expand the federal requirement to conduct background checks to more gun sellers, a high priority of gun safety advocates who say loopholes in background-check laws allow too many weapons to fall into the hands of criminals or people who are unstable. Harris, D-Calif., announced the outlines of her plan in a town hall on CNN in New Hampshire. Her campaign said it would release fuller details Tuesday. In response to a question from a student in the audience, Harris said no child should have to go through shooting preparedness drills in their schools, and for too long Washington has “failed to have the courage to act.” “There are people in Washington, D.C., supposed leaders, who have failed to have the courage to reject a false choice, which is just you’re either in favor of the Second Amendment, or you want to take everyone’s guns away.” The

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