A spokesman for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) explains how badly Harris’ decision could reflect – especially in the face of the Georgia school shooting.
The shooting that took place at the Apalachee High School in Georgia this week has left the country reeling. But what’s even scarier is how some officials are trying to take away from safety precautions in such institutions – including Presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Back in 2019, Harris advocated for the removal of school resource officers, believing it was best to “demilitarize” school campuses. But it appears she hasn’t spoken on this policy since a resource officer was able to detain the accused shooter in the Georgia incident.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) congratulated the officers involved in the apprehension, and quickly made note of Harris’ past comments, hoping she’s since realized the value of said officers.
“Once again,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb in a statement, “a good guy with a gun stopped a bad guy with a gun, demonstrating how wrong Kamala Harris was about the importance of armed school resource officers, who literally saved lives in Georgia. It’s just one of many things, especially relating to firearms and crime intervention, she’s been wrong about during her political career.”
The CCRKBA also made note of a policy Harris backed years ago involving “compensated confiscation” of privately-owned modern rifles, which she believed would be a safety measure. However, a report from the FBI revealed that such rifles are used in only three to four percent of all gun-related homicides.
“Kamala Harris, like every other anti-gun-rights Democrat, is only interested a sensational headline and a media soundbite,” Gottlieb noted. “It may sound good on television, but in reality, banning guns will accomplish nothing, and removing armed school resource officers would—as we saw Wednesday—accomplish less than nothing by making schools and our children more vulnerable.
“Kamala Harris was wrong about removing armed school resource officers,” he concluded. “It’s time for the media to end its love fest with the vice president and start looking at what else she’s been wrong about.”
A spokesman for the CCRKBA joins us now to discuss the matter further.
Q&A:
- What are your thoughts on what happened in Georgia, and how quickly officers reacted in stopping the shooter?
- Do you believe Harris is “eating her words” about the statement she made regarding school resource officers? Does she suddenly now realize their value?
- What about this “compensated confiscation” program with rifles? Why would she try to instate that? Are people truly that concerned about violence, even if rifles aren’t the main weapons used?
- What does this say about Harris’ strength as a Presidential nominee? Could her beliefs in gun rights cause harm to private gun owners within this country?
- Where can people call in to pledge their support to the CCRKBA?
- The number to support the group is (800) 699-0992.
- Where can we learn more about the CCRKBA and its members?
- Those interested can visit our home page at https://www.ccrkba.org.
CCRKBA (Second Amendment Foundation) spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community; a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years.
He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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