The Biden-Harris campaign plans to make addressing gun violence a key focus of President Biden's reelection effort, and Vice President Kamala Harris will be a 'leading voice' on the issue.
"Weapons of war have no place on the streets of a civil society. Background checks and red-flag laws are common sense because it is reasonable to want to know before someone buys a gun whether they have been found by a court to be a danger to themselves or to others," Harris will also Friday in Virginia, a rebuke to Republican opposition to the administration's initiatives on gun violence.
The vice president's emphasis on gun violence reflects public sentiment around the issue. Americans now say gun violence is their top public health concern, according to a May poll byThe vice president has also tasked her team to look at other potential actions on gun violence outside of an executive order, sources familiar with the matter said.
"In each place, we hear the same message — do something. For God's sake, please do something," Mr. Biden said last month."We have to do this to save our children."
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