The presidential candidate says she would take “executive action” if lawmakers don’t pass more background checks and other measures.
By Chelsea Janes Chelsea Janes Reporter covering the 2020 presidential campaign Email Bio Follow April 22 at 11:07 PM MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Kamala D. Harris said Monday that as president she would give Congress 100 days to pass broad gun control legislation — and if it failed to do so, she would take executive action to expand background checks, revoke the licenses of gun dealers who break the law and restore fugitives to the list of people who cannot buy a handgun.
Harris’s comments came during a late-April battle for voter attention as CNN hosted back-to-back town hall events Monday night with five Democratic presidential hopefuls. Harris was preceded by Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, with South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg following.
Republicans argue that such restrictions would violate the rights of gun owners, and many conservatives contend they would be unconstitutional. The way to curb gun violence, they say, is to improve enforcement and security, and some also advocate such measures as more funding for mental health services.
“Executive action” encompasses a variety of presidential directives. Executive orders are the best-known type of presidential edict, but not the only one. A campaign aide said that if the PLCAA were not repealed in Harris’s first 100 days, her administration would revoke the licenses of any companies “willfully” violating local, state and federal law, and would prosecute “the most egregious offenders.” Any fines from that litigation would go toward expanding access to mental health treatment and trauma care.
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