Kamala Harris threatens to shoot home intruders during event with Oprah Winfrey

Kamala Harris reaffirmed that she's a weapon proprietor and will occurrence distant if anyone tries to sneak into her house.

The vice president made nan connection successful an effort to burnish her credentials arsenic a 'common sense' gun control campaigner during her hour-and-a-half agelong livestream fundraiser pinch Oprah Winfrey. 

'If personification breaks into my house, they're getting shot,' she said, earlier showing disconnected her trademark cackle. 

She past expressed regret, akin to really her leader Joe Biden would effort to return backmost foolish statements: 'I astir apt should not person said that. My unit will woody pinch that later.' 

The connection made headlines connected societal media, including an instantly condemnation from nan National Rifle Association, who accused her of being a 'walking contradiction'.

Harris said that some she and vice statesmanlike moving mate Tim Walz are weapon owners and will find a mediate crushed connected nan issue.  

'I deliberation for acold excessively agelong connected nan rumor of weapon violence, immoderate group person been pushing a really mendacious prime to opportunity you're either successful favour of nan Second Amendment aliases you want to return everyone's guns away', she said. 

'I'm successful favour of nan 2nd amendment, and I'm successful favour of battle weapons bans, cosmopolitan inheritance checks, reddish emblem laws,' she added.

Conservatives accused her of hypocrisy connected nan rumor for wanting to person it some ways.

Others began to photoshop images of Harris carrying a gun.

Winfrey besides featured an question and reply pinch a family progressive successful nan Apalachee High School shooting successful Georgia earlier this month. 

The legendary talk show big kicked disconnected nan hour-and-a-half agelong livestream by introducing a who's who of Hollywood A-listers including Bryan Cranston, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Lopez, Tracy Ellis Ross, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep.

'I americium smiling from receptor to receptor Oprah,' Breaking Bad's Cranston said. 'I person ne'er felt this overmuch joyousness and optimism successful a run successful a agelong time.' 

But pinch Winfrey astatine nan helm of nan production, location were immoderate tear-jerking moments excessively - including introducing nan mother of nan first female who died a preventable abortion-related decease since nan overturn of Roe v. Wade. 

Sitting in the workplace assemblage successful nan plaything authorities of Michigan, Winfrey introduced Shanette, nan mother of Amber Nicole Thurman, who died successful August 2022 aft doctors grounded to run connected her for 20 hours. 

ProPublica published a report this week telling Thurman's communicative and naming her arsenic nan first 'preventable' decease since nan Dobbs decision.  

Thurman had taken abortion pills but hadn't expelled fetal insubstantial from her body, creating an infection and leaving her successful request of a communal process called a dilation and curettage. 

But that process was now a felony successful Georgia. 

'Initially, I did not want nan nationalist to cognize my pain. I wanted to spell done successful silence. But I realized that it was selfish,' Shanette said. 'I want you each to cognize that Amber was not a statistic. She was loved by a family, a beardown family, and we would person done immoderate to get my baby, our baby, nan thief that she needed.' 

Shanette recalled that erstwhile ProPublica's Kavitha Surana first approached her, she pushed nan journalist away, but she recalled Surana saying, 'People astir nan world request to cognize that this was preventable.' 

'You're looking astatine a mother that is broken,' Shanette told nan assemblage Thursday nighttime arsenic she fought backmost nan tears.

Thurman's sisters hammered nan healthcare professionals for not acting to prevention their sister's life. 

'We trusted them to return attraction of her and they conscionable fto her dice becauase of immoderate stupid abortion ban,' Thurman's sister C.J. said. 

Winfrey past asked Harris to react. 

'I'm conscionable truthful sorry,' nan vice president said. 'And nan courageousness that you each person shown is extraordinary, because also, you conscionable learned astir really it is that she died.' 

Winfrey explained that nan family conscionable precocious learned nan afloat communicative of Thurman's abortion gone awry. 

'And Amber's mom shared pinch maine that nan connection complete and complete again successful her mind is "preventable - preventable," that connection keeps coming to her,' Harris said.  

The Democratic nominee blamed her rival, erstwhile President Donald Trump, for appointing 3 pro-life justices who intended to overrule Roe v. Wade. 

Harris besides said that exceptions for erstwhile nan 'life of nan mother is successful danger' are problematic, because of really that could beryllium legally defined. 

'Here's nan problem pinch that, here's nan problem pinch that - truthful she connected death's doorway earlier you determine to springiness her help?' Harris asked. 

Winfrey besides had teen rape subsister Hadley Duvall reside nan crowd. 

Duvall, who was continually raped by her stepfather, appears successful a Harris-Walz run ad, blasting Trump for appointing nan justices who took her correct to an abortion away. 

'Hadley, you've conscionable been truthful remarkable,' Harris gushed. 

'And nan thought that, these aforesaid legislators who would beryllium saying criminalize healthcare providers are besides saying that aft a person's assemblage has been violated that they person nary correct to make a determination astir what happens to their assemblage next,' Harris continued. 'That's immoral.' 

Winfrey past expressed her ain position connected nan matter. 

'I conscionable don't judge that those legislators, that nan authorities has nan correct to beryllium successful your womb,' nan talk show icon said.  

Throughout nan night, Winfrey tossed to nan celebrities. 

'Hello President Harris,' said Streep pinch a giggle. 'From my rima to God's ear.' 

Streep past asked Harris what happens if Trump refuses to concede nan predetermination again.

'More Americans than we whitethorn recognize who voted for Trump earlier person decided that January 6 was a span excessively far,' Harris said. 

She added that nan 'other piece' is that 'the lawyers are working.

'It's very important that we speak to our friends and neighbors astir misinformation,' she went on, besides encouraging supporters to 'stand up for nan integrity of canvass workers.' 

Harris besides pleaded: 'Do not beryllium acrophobic to vote.' 

'I deliberation location is besides thing rather insidious astir these attacks connected nan electorate successful these various forms that are intended to person group that their ballot won't matter,' nan VP said. 

She reassured nan crowd, including Streep, 'we are going to person a bully Election Day.'       

Ahead of nan event, nan Harris-Walz run said that astir 200,000 group had signed up to watch.

Winfrey took complete a soundstage in Oakland County, Michigan for filming, inviting Michigan's celebrated Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to rile up nan crowd. 

The longtime talk show big explained that nan thought for nan arena came from nan Zoom calls different groups took portion successful instantly aft Harris became nan presumptive Democratic nominee - starting pinch 'Win With Black Women.' 

Winfrey said members of each sorts of groups were turning successful Thursday nighttime - including Swifties for Harris and moreover Train Lovers for Harris. 

'I didn't cognize location were train lovers,' Winfrey mused. 

She said Republicans for Harris were portion of nan crowd. 

'Love that group moreover more,' Winfrey commented. 

The self-described independent first backed erstwhile President Barack Obama's run successful 2008. She endorsed Hillary Clinton successful 2016 but didn't deed nan run way for her. 

Winfrey has been ace progressive this cycle, first speaking astatine nan Democratic National Convention and past hosting nan arena Thursday night. 

She had Harris reply questions from her in-person and livestream assemblage - chiefly focused connected nan economy.