-I thought, what a great
opportunity.
We have all these students
in our audience tonight.
-Yeah.
-I thought it would be
great to maybe take some
questions from them.
-Oh, that'd be great.
I'd like that.
-Is that okay?
-Yes, of course.
-Breanna from NYU.
Where is Breanna?
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hi, pal.
[ Applause continues ]
-Go ahead, Breanna.
-Hi, Senator.
So, as a first-generation
college student
that comes from a lower
socioeconomic background,
student loans were kind of
inevitable for me.
And with graduation right around
the corner for me,
I want to know what you would do
for students like me
who are going to graduate with
massive amounts of student debt.
-Yeah, that's right.
It's one of the biggest issues
facing our students.
Here's my plan.
One, we need to have debt-free
college.
We need to have free
community college.
And I'm also prepared to mak
sure that we provide
interest-free loans.
Because nobody should be
profiting --
[ Cheers and applause ]
Breanna, nobody should be
profiting off of your desire
to get an education.
[ Cheers and applause ]
All right?
So --
-That's great.
-And congratulations to you.
Congratulations to you.
That's wonderful.
-Where's Andrew from Fordham
Andrew.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Andrew, whenever you're ready.
-Yeah, sure.
Thank you for being here
and taking my question.
Do you believe in the mandator
buyback
of quote-unquote
"assault weapons"?
And whether or not you do,
how does that idea
not go against, fundamentally,
the Second Amendment?
-Yeah.
Great question.
I do believe that we need
to do buybacks,
and I'll tell you why.
First of all, let's be clear
about what assault weapons are
They have been designed to kil
a lot of human beings quickly.
They are weapons of war
with no place on the streets
of a civil society.
I've seen assault weapons kill
babies and police officers
So, one, I'll tell you
when elected President,
if the United States Congres
continues to fail to have
the courage to do somethin
about this,
I'm prepared to take
executive action
and put in place a ban
on the importation
of assault weapons
into our country.
But we still have to deal with
the over 2 million
assault weapons that are
currently in the streets
of America.
And so a buyback program
is a good idea.
Now, we need to do it
the right way.
And part of that has to be
you know,
buy back and give people
their value,
the financial value
of what they have
and not just take things
from people that have valu
without compensating them.
We need to do it the right way
But we've got to deal
with the fact
that these people
in Washington, D.C.
have failed to have
the courage --
How many of you guys,
as college students,
had to have a drill
during high school
or middle school
or elementary school,
where you --
or even in college,
where you learned about
how you need to hide
in a closet
or crouch in a corner
in the event that there is
a mass shooter
roaming the hallways
of your school?
Look at that.
Look at that.
And here's the thing.
It terrorized you.
It is traumatizing.
I don't want that
any of our children
should have to sit in class,
when you should be paying
attention to what's happenin
in the front of the classroom,
letting your mind open up
to the wonders of science,
math or art or whatever,
and instead have to be worried
about who's going to come
banging through the door
carrying some kind of weapon
Leaders need to lead
on this issue.
And so, I'm telling you,
when elected,
if Congress fails to act,
I'll give them 100 days
to put a bill on my desk
for signature.
And if they do not do it,
I will put in place
by executive action
a comprehensive
background check requirement
and a ban
on the assault weapons
and the importation of assault
weapons into our country.
I'm done.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Wow.
[ Applause continues ]
-Look at how many raised
their hand.
-We have time for one more
This is from Audrey, Columbia.
She goes to school in Columbia
Audrey.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whenever you're ready.
-Hi. So it's on everyone's mind,
and I have to ask...
-Okay.
-In-N-Out or Shake Shack?
-In-N-Out. Are you kidding me?
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Come on! Shake Shack!
-In-N-Out.
I am a California girl.
-Oh, my --
-In-N-Out.
-In-N-Out or Shake Shack?
Oh, my --
We'll have a taste test.
Thank you so much for taking
the time to come here.
-Okay, it's great to be here
with you, Jimmy.
-Good luck to you.
Senator Kamala Harris,
everybody!
