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    Kamala Harris smiles with a group of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum
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    Kamala Harris & Our Movement

    8.12.2020

      Senator Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2020 election.

      Senator Harris has co-sponsored critical gun violence prevention legislation, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and prohibiting abusive dating partners and stalkers from having guns. And when she ran for the Democratic nomination for president earlier this year, Sen. Harris vowed to take executive action in the first 100 days in office if Congress failed to pass comprehensive gun safety legislation.

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      Every day, nearly 130 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

      Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2020–2024; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

      Last updated: 1.15.2026