kamla Harris is a gun owner and she wants America to know it at their debate on Tuesday Donald Trump claimed Harris will confiscate everybody's gun if she becomes president Harris replied that he was lying because both she and running mate Tim Walls own guns it's a fact she first revealed in 2019 the first time she ran for president she said she bought the gun for her personal safety given her job as a prosecutor in California a Harris a told the BBC she owns a handgun at the time Harris supported a proposal for the government to buy back assault style rifles in an effort to encourage Americans to hand over these guns now her campaign says she supports a series of gun control policies but not mandatory BuyBacks meanwhile Donald Trump calls himself the best friend gun owners I've ever had in the white house and even after the attempt on his life in July he remains a strong supporter of gun rights