>>1347146Several prominent Democrats, including then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and then-US Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), another former San Francisco mayor, had distanced themselves from the ballot measure.
In 2008, San Francisco was compelled to pay a $380,000 settlement to the NRA, the Second Amendment Foundation, the California Rifle and Pistol Association, and other plaintiffs that had challenged Proposition H in court.
Feinstein’s apparent misgivings about Prop H are notable given her gun control advocacy. She had become mayor in 1978 after the assassination of her predecessor, George Moscone, and later authored the 1994 federal ban on assault weapons.
Harris’ position on gun control
During both her 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns, Harris said she is a gun owner and keeps a firearm for personal security reasons.
“If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot, sorry,” Harris told Oprah Winfrey during a livestreamed rally last week.
“I am a gun owner. And Tim Walz is a gun owner. And we’re not trying to take anybody’s guns away from them. But we do need an assault weapons ban,” she said during an event with the National Association of Black Journalists days earlier.
However, the veep has sidestepped repeated questions about whether she would like a ban on handguns, which were involved in 59% of gun murders in the US in 2020, per data from the FBI.
