Vice President Kamala Harris announced the creation of a new national office to support “red flag” laws in an effort to push for gun control legislation following her tour of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
“I do believe we have a duty to remember and a duty to bear witness to what happened here. It is extraordinarily tragic. These were beautiful people whom I have come to know through their family members,” Harris said. “They are so much bigger and more than a statistic; they should be so much bigger and more than the subject of politics or gamesmanship.”
The vice president continued, stating that “gun violence is the leading cause of death for children in America.”
You know, part of what I talk to families about is the fact that one of five families in America has a family member that has died because of gun violence,” Harris said. “That the leading cause of death for the children of America is gun violence.”
“And what I saw here today, after I spent time with the families during the walk through the building where these crimes occurred, is a moment frozen in time,” she continued.
Harris then said that people need to “understand the facets” of the tragedy and “do better” in the future.
“I know that for the most part, [parents of victims] will try to mitigate the pain but will never completely heal,” Harris said. “We have to understand the facets of this, and when we do reflect and review and, dare I say, study what happened here at Stoneman Douglas, we must be willing to have the courage to say that on every level, whether you talk about changing laws or changing practices and locales, that we must do better.”
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