Vice President Kamala Harris revealed that she owns a Glock pistol and shared a little information about where she goes to make sure her aim is steady.
Harris divulged the information in an interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes, when correspondent Bill Whitaker asked him about a topic he had only briefly addressed in other settings.
‘I have a Glock and I’ve had it for quite some time. And… I mean, look, Bill, I have experience in law enforcement,” she told him.
Whitaker asked Harris, a former California prosecutor who served as the state’s attorney general, if she had ever fired the gun.
“Yes,” she replied, laughing. ‘Of course. At a shooting range. Yes of course.
He was asked about his gun after mentioning it in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Harris, who voted liberal in the Senate and has been a strong advocate for gun control, indicated her willingness to use the gun to defend her home.
“If anyone breaks into my house, they’ll be shot,” he told Winfrey.
Armed: Vice President Kamala Harris told 60 Minutes that she owns a Glock pistol
She had previously mentioned that she owned weapons, but many followers were surprised to find out. He did not reveal more about what type of weapon he owned. She previously said she was keeping it for personal safety.
Harris also joked about the sensitivity of the topic almost as soon as she made the comment to Winfrey.
She said she “probably shouldn’t have said that,” and then joked, “My staff will take care of that later.”
Harris was asked what type of gun she owns, after recently telling Oprah Winfrey that she would use it if someone broke into her house.
“If someone breaks into my house, they’ll be shot,” he told Winfrey last month.
The Glock is typically issued by law enforcement.
The Glock, manufactured in Austria and the United States, is a favorite of many police departments and law enforcement agencies.
His revelations come at a time when rival Donald Trump calls Harris and Democrats a threat to the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Both candidates are also in a fierce battle for support in states where support for gun rights, particularly in rural areas, is strong.
That includes western and central Pennsylvania, where both Trump and Harris are fighting for support.
Harris, like Biden, calls for reinstating the expired ban on assault weapons, a regulation that dates back to the Clinton administration but has expired.
As a senator, she co-sponsored legislation to regulate ghost guns, ban high-capacity ammunition magazines and stocks.
President Joe Biden also occasionally talks about owning a shotgun, even as he repeatedly calls for the return of the assault weapons ban amid a wave of horrific mass shootings and school shootings.