Gun safety advocacy group has been a staunch supporter of Harris.
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The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, one of the largest gun safety advocacy groups in the United States, has endorsed California Attorney General Kamala Harris in the Senate race.
“In Kamala Harris, Californians have found the only Senate candidate they can trust to stand up to the corporate gun lobby and disarm the hate that kills thousands of Americans every year,” Dan Gross, the president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said in a statement. “We know she’ll walk the walk, she’s done it her entire career. As attorney general, Harris worked alongside the Brady Campaign’s 27 California chapters to spearhead a record-setting program to get and keep guns out of dangerous hands, no doubt saving lives.”
In the November election, California voters will choose between two Democrats to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer — Harris and Rep. Loretta Sanchez.
Harris said in a statement that she is honored to have the endorsement, reported the Los Angeles Times.
In October, Harris slammed Congress for failing to pass new gun restrictions after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
The Brady Campaign also praised Harris for a state Department of Justice program to determine whether potentially dangerous people own guns in violation of state law.
California’s auditor dinged the program last summer for delays that pose a “continued risk to public safety.”
The Brady Campaign was supportive of Harris throughout the primary election, including criticizing Sanchez for an April 22 op-ed article in the Sacramento Bee in which she defended her 2005 vote for the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
Sanchez broke with most House Democrats to vote for the act, which protects gun manufacturers and dealers from being held liable if their product is used to commit a crime.
“While her opponent may feel the gun industry, whose products kill 90 Americans every day, deserves a free pass in the form of special legal protections — Kamala Harris doesn’t,” Gross said in the statement.