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When questioned on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Vice President Kamala Harris, historically a quite rabid anti-gun advocate, has declared that she owns a Glock pistol. From Forbes:
The vice president has owned a Glock “for quite some time,” she told “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker, pointing to her law enforcement background as her reason for buying a firearm.
When asked if she had ever fired the weapon, Harris responded, “Of course I have,” saying she’s used the gun at a shooting range.
Harris surprised some viewers when she mentioned her gun ownership during her presidential debate against former President Donald Trump last month—telling Trump her and Walz are gun owners and “not taking anybody’s guns away, so stop with the continuous lying about this stuff”—though she noted in Monday’s interview that was “not the first time I’ve talked about it.”
Harris previously said in 2019 she owned a gun for “personal safety” reasons, with a Harris associate telling CNN prosecutors commonly own guns for protection, given that they “have personally been responsible for putting away very serious violent criminals.”
As vice president, Harris has round-the-clock protection from the Secret Service, yet she insisted in a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, that “If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot.” Hopefully the Secret Service detail who protect the vice president’s residence and every other home, hotel room, or location she stays at while away from the nation’s capital, is aware of Kamala’s boast, her Glock pistol, the whereabouts of said pistol and the ammunition for it, the skill that Kamala has with the pistol, and whether Kamala’s judgment in the evening is ever clouded by drinking too much wine.
What hasn’t been asked of Kamala about her Glock are the following:
How competent is she in using it – does she consider herself a beginner or a steady and consistent marksman?
What’s the caliber rating of the Glock?
Which model of Glock is it?
Does it have a light or a heavy recoil?
How many bullets does its magazine hold?
Who trained her to use it?
Did she research the type of firearm to purchase on her own and select Glock over, say, Sig Sauer or Smith & Wesson; or was the specific Glock model recommended to her, and if so, by whom?
Where is the range or ranges she has practiced with it, how often does she practice with it and when was the last time she went to the range to practice?
Does she keep the Glock in a gun safe? If so, what kind of gun safe?
For those on the Kamala campaign running interference and cleaning up her claims (other than the Democrat-lapdog news networks), I’ll make it easy for them, here is the website for Glock firearms:
Pick a model and run with it.
Now, one can believe the vice president when she claims that she not only has a Glock of some sort but knows how to use it and isn’t afraid of using it. Or one can believe instead that this, like so many other claims by Kamala Harris, is complete BS. Odds are, the lickspittle Democrat-lapdog media professionals won’t probe Kamala further on the veracity of her claim that she owns a Glock of some sort, knows how to use it, and is willing to blow away a home intruder with it. In fact, the media hacks—excuse me, professionals—will instead likely shame and discredit anyone who questions Kamala on the matter and brand them a conspiracy theorist.
It is probably true that her knucklehead of a running mate has a few guns, even if he never carried them in battle, but given his rather odd behavior, that should scare the heck out of everyone.
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I would expect her to rattle off the make, model, and caliber, if she had one. I actually expect that if you handed her a gun of that type, she could neither find the safety nor tell you if it was loaded.
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Springfield (9mm) Kahr (.45) Smith & Wesson (.40) owner here, with a question: what's so special about a Glock? Or is that just a magical monosyllable that clouds reporters' minds?
I've never fired one. And that leads to another question: did K-girl ever fire the ones I have? I ask because before I bought any of 'em, I rented all of 'em, at a range, and tried 'em out. I don't think a Glock was available, although I did check out a Beretta. Anyway, my point is, these things all feel different. One develops preferences, fast.
Speaking of which, I prefer my Ruger LCR .38 the most. It's a revolver, not a semi-automatic, but, oh, I don't know, I just like it, and my marksmanship - which I check every few weeks - is least bad with it. Another plus, and I'd state this to any gal who wants to pack heat: its hammer is not exposed, so there's nothing to snag, should you be trying to pull it out of a purse, say.
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Glock is increasingly today's Xerox. It's essentially synonymous with pistol even though brands like Smith & Wesson, Beretta have been around longer.
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aka Kleenex, Thermos... nobody should be surprised if she doesn't actually own a Glock.
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As someone who has a Glock you are asking some pretty good questions. When it comes to her claim that she owns a Glock that does not mean she believes you should own a gun.
The Glock is reliable but for the novice there are things you have to know about a Glock. You cannot limp wrist it when you pull the trigger. A firm wrist is needed to cycle the next round a limp wrist could cause a jam. I don't see Kamala spending much time on the range. Range time is critical and like some who purchase a Glock for protection it ends up in a drawer. I don't see her learning how to dismantle her Glock to clean it or to make sure that after shooting that it is functioning as it should.
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