This School shooting In Georgia this week, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. underscored the gap between Trump as well as his respective running mates on guns.
Authorities say a 14-year-old student used an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle to kill two teachers and two students at Apalachee High School in north Georgia on Wednesday.
Here’s what each candidate said after the shooting and where each stands on the gun.
Donald J. Trump, the Republican candidate
What he said: “Our hearts go out to the victims and loved ones of those affected by the tragic event in Winder, GA,” Mr Trump said on Wednesday. Social media. “These precious children were taken from us too soon by a sick and deranged monster.”
Where it stands on guns: Mr. Trump has promised Repeal gun laws They were framed by the Biden administration, describing them as an attack on gun owners and manufacturers, and he argued that mass shootings stem from mental health challenges. He has said His administration “did nothing” to ban guns, although his administration did Ban bump stocksWhich makes semiautomatic rifles more powerful after the 2017 Las Vegas Shooting. Supreme Court The ban was broken this year.
Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee
What she said: “We have to end this epidemic of gun violence in our country once and for all,” Ms. Harris said at an event in New Hampshire. “You know, it doesn’t have to be this way.”
Where it stands on guns: The vice president has pushed for a federal assault weapons ban. The last one ended in 2004, a decade after that Authorized By President Bill Clinton. The measure blocked the sale of 19 specific weapons, specializing in guns used by the military, including semiautomatic rifles and certain types of shotguns and handguns. Democratic efforts to revive it have met with fierce Republican resistance. Mrs. Harris too Supports state-level red flags Laws that allow courts to confiscate firearms from people they deem threats.
JD Vance, Mr. Trump’s running mate
What he said: “I don’t like this. I don’t like to admit this: I don’t like that this is a fact of life,” Mr Vance said at an event. Thursday in Phoenix. “But if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you understand that our schools are soft targets. And we have to increase security in our schools.”
Where it stands on guns: Mr. Vance, a first-term senator from Ohio, has argued that gun access restrictions will be ineffective in preventing school shootings, and has called for stronger security measures instead. He has described himself as gun owner. And he has supported it eliminated Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which enforces firearms regulations. In July the National Rifle Assoc When celebrated Mr. Trump chose him as his running mate, describing the senator as a fierce defender of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Tim Walz, Ms. Harris’ running mate
What he said: “I defend the Second Amendment,” said Mr. Walz, the governor of Minnesota rally in Pennsylvania on Thursday. “But our first responsibility is to keep our children safe.” Earlier in the day, he framed the matter as a fight for freedom: “I say it as a gun owner, I say it as a veteran, I say it as a hunter, none of the things we propose violate your Sec. . Amendment right. But what violates this is our children going to school and being killed.
Where it stands on guns: Mr. Walz has thrived on gun policy since he was elected in 2006 to represent a conservative-leaning House district in southern Minnesota. Once strong Supporter of gun rights Which earned high marks from the NRA, he later championed bills to ban assault weapons and bump stocks. By the time Ms. Harris chose him as his running mate, His position on guns largely mirrored hers — and like her, he received failing grades from the NRA
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