During an appearance on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Kristen Welker asked Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) if he thinks Kamala Harris should support a mandatory gun buyback program.

“Should she also be, in your opinion, supporting a mandatory gun buyback program?” Welker asked.

“We’re not going to be able to get where we need to go without action in Congress,” Warnock responded.

Welker pressed the Democratic senator for a yes or no answer to her question.

“Senator, yes or no though, should she support the mandatory buyback program?” she asked.

“Just a yes or no,” she added.

Warnock danced around the question without providing a yes or no.

“As a pastor, I’ve done buyback programs. You can pick this issue or that issue. But I think, again, there’s not one single thing that will make all of this go away,” he said.

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NBC: Should Kamala try to pass mandatory gun confiscation, which she has repeatedly said she supports?

Top Harris surrogate Raphael Warnock: "We're not going to be able to get where we need to go without action."

NBC: Yes or no?

Warnock: Yes pic.twitter.com/YqRSeaGyL1

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The Hill reports:

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Sunday took aim at some politicians whom he described as “beholden to the gun lobby” while lamenting his frustrations about gun violence in the wake of last week’s school shooting at a Georgia high school.

“The reality is that in America, it’s not safe to be in our schools. It’s not safe to be in our shopping malls. It’s not safe to be in the spa. It’s not safe to be in a medical clinic. We’re all sitting ducks,” Warnock said on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”

And any country that allows this to continue without putting forward just common-sense gun safety measures is a country that has, in a tragic way, lost its way. Politicians need to realign their values.”

Warnock said there is “no one single law” to prevent school shootings when asked by NBC News anchor Kristen Welker.

In old footage, Harris said on the campaign trail that she would take executive action if Congress failed to implement gun control measures within her first 100 days.

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FLASHBACK: Kamala Harris says mandatory gun confiscation is "a great idea" — then says she'll do it by executive action within her "first 100 days." pic.twitter.com/GtaihkLrlT

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CNN reported in 2019:

Sen. Kamala Harris on Monday pledged that, if elected President, she would take executive action enacting sweeping gun control measures if Congress fails to send comprehensive legislation to her desk in her first 100 days.

“Enough,” says the fact sheet outlining the proposals that the campaign plans to unveil publicly tomorrow. “We’re not waiting any longer.”

The pledge by Harris to act unilaterally by executive action sharpens her repeated calls on the campaign trail, blasting Congress for failing to act on gun violence, especially mass shootings.

Last weekend at her town hall in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Harris told the crowd, “It is a false choice to suggest you are either in favor of the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone’s guns away. We need leaders in Washington, D.C., who have the courage to speak the truth.”

The plan, as outlined in her proposal, aims to move closer to federal universal background checks, a first-step move the campaign calls “mandated near-universal background checks.” The campaign says this 100-day pledge is just part of the gun safety agenda Harris will pursue as President.