Abrams was asked if she’ll ‘take away’ guns. Here’s a detailed look at her response
Democrat Stacey Abrams. Alyssa Pointer/AJC Near the end of Stacey Abrams’ latest town hall meeting, she heard a question that’s become a near-ritual at these events. A voter wanted to know if talk that Abrams “is going to take away all of the guns” is correct. Her gun stance is a key factor in the race, not least because she embraces firearms restrictions and openly wars with the gun lobby, a shift that breaks with the party’s decades-old political approach to the debate in Georgia. And it’s made her a target of Brian Kemp, her Republican opponent, and Second Amendment groups who warn that her approach could lead to more than new universal background checks and longer waiting periods to buy weapons. Digital ads repeating the words “ban, confiscate, destroy” highlight her sponsorship of House Bill 731 , a 2016 measure that would ban assault weapons, large capacity magazine and armor-piercing bullets and allow the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to “seize and take possession of” them. Below is an annotation of how she answered that question at the McDonough event, with her remarks in italics: “I am not planning to confiscate and ban guns. This is what I say. I grew up in Mississippi. My great-grandmother taught me how to shoot a shotgun early. “She taught me two things: One, only shoot things you plan to eat if you’re going to go hunting. I basically eat chicken, so it’s pretty much a wash. “No. 2, the person who is […]
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