In an interview last month with talk show host Oprah Winfrey, Vice President Kamala Harris once again played up her status as a gun owner, emphatically declaring: “If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot!”
Let’s put aside the reality that her well-armed and taxpayer-funded security detail almost certainly would confront any would-be intruder long before he or she successfully broke into Harris’ home. For the millions of Americans who own firearms for self-defense, Harris’ quip about her quick draw was perhaps the most relatable sentence she’s ever uttered.
It took her almost no time to walk it back.
Literally.
Harris immediately laughed and remarked that she “should not have” made the comment and her “staff could deal with that later.”
It was as though by declaring her willingness to use her right to keep and bear arms in…
