Vice President Kamala Harris in Las Vegas for a double
dip appearance to talk about gun violence and abortion 2
Key issues for the Biden Harris campaign Monday afternoon,
the vice president during a fiery speech,
talked about the recent Supreme Court decision in Arizona that
effectively banned nearly all abortion in the state.
We are not going to stand for this.
It is not OK and we are prepared to organize
and to take to the streets.
And signaled support for a possible ballot measure in Nevada.
That would enshrine abortion access in our state's constitution.
While Nevada has a voter approved state law protecting abortion,
placing abortion rights in Nevada's constitution makes it even harder
to change.
From Virginia to Ohio.
When this issue has been on the ballot,
the voters voted in favor of freedoms.
A morning trip to Southwest Career and Technical Academy had
Harris talking about gun violence,
something she acknowledged hits close to home here in Southern
Nevada.
You know, I just actually met before I came on
stage with.
Three students who survived the December shooting at UNLV.
In that shooting, three UNLV professors were senselessly killed,
and Harris also referenced the October 1,
2017 shooting that left 58 dead and hundreds injured.
Reforms that could help stop gun violence,
Harris says, have been bogged down by what she calls
a false choice,
which suggests you're either in favor of the Second Amendment
or you want to take everyone's guns away.
I'm in favor of the 2nd Amendment.
And I believe we need assault weapon bans.
We need background checks, universal background checks.
The vice president also lauded Nevada lawmakers for making strides
to encourage the safe storage of firearms.
One of the topics the vice president talked about today?
Secure gun storage, saying over 70%
of school shootings in America are related to a gun
that was not secure.
Reporting from Las Vegas, I'm Brian Horwath.