Biden and Harris tout administration’s efforts to curb gun violence

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the White House together on Thursday for an event on curbing gun violence — an issue on which they are touting the administration’s success and slamming the GOP ticket.

(CNN) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the White House together on Thursday for an event on curbing gun violence — an issue on which they are touting the administration’s success and slamming the GOP ticket. “Together, we’re making clear, if you want to talk about reducing crime and violence in American, you need to talk about guns in America,” Biden said ahead of signing a new executive action that overhauls active shooter drills in schools, among other things. “Last year, after another school shooting, my predecessor said like so many members of Congress say, ‘Just get over it.’” Biden, alluding to Sen. JD Vance’s comment earlier this month that school shootings have become a “fact of life,” said, “Who the hell do these people think they are?” Harris leaned into the rights and freedom message that’s been a part of her campaign trail rhetoric. “I believe the right to be safe is a civil right,” Harris told the room. “And that the people of America have a right then to live, work, worship and learn without fear of violence, including gun violence. And yet, our nation is experiencing an epidemic of gun violence.” The Democratic nominee, who has acknowledged being a gun owner, criticized what she called a “false choice” between preventing further carnage and respecting the Second Amendment.