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Gloria Oladipo in New York

Kamala Harris calls for assault weapons ban: ‘We are not sitting around waiting’

harris gestures while her husband, doug emhoff, looks on. a circle of reporters surround her
Kamala Harris speaks with members of the press at Buffalo Niagara international airport on Saturday. Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP

Kamala Harris called for a ban on assault weapons in the US and the passage of much-delayed gun control legislation after speaking on Saturday at a funeral for the oldest victim of the Buffalo mass shooting earlier this month.

After giving remarks at the service for Ruth Whitfield, the oldest person killed during the grocery store shooting two weeks ago, Harris called upon lawmakers to pass an assault weapons ban, while speaking with reporters.

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