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Harris says universal background checks can identify some people who might be a danger to themselves, as can red-flag laws. She criticizes people who suggest that improving mental health services is an alternative to changing gun laws. "We need to do both."

Melvin asks whether Harris is concerned that anything she accomplishes through executive action, instead of legislation, could be overturned by the next president. "Craig," she says, "I will deal with that in eight years."

"Come to me with this problem in eight years, but right now I'm fixing to do something about it," Harris says after talking about how terrified many students and teachers are.

An audience member asks how Harris interprets the 2nd Amendment. "It's back to my point about false choice," she says. "You can respect the 2nd Amendment, you can respect the traditions of hunting…"

"...you can respect all that and understand that an assault weapon, let’s be really clear about this, an assault weapon was designed to kill a lot of human beings quickly. It’s the design of the thing..."

"There is no legitimate reason or purpose for them to be on the streets of a civil society. It’s a weapon of war. This is not in conflict with the 2nd Amendment…It’s a false choice. So that’s how I interpret, and most reasonable people do, the 2nd Amendment."

Harris restates her support for a mandatory assault weapons buyback program.

She also agrees with an audience member that "we need to demilitarize police departments," and criticizes the terminology of, for example, the war on drugs. Says the US has had leaders "who declared war on the American people."