At a May 2007 press conference in support of gun ownership restrictions, then-San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris emphasized that legal gun ownership did not prohibit police from searching one's home.
FOX News Citation “…Just because you legally own a gun in a locked home doesn't mean we won't go into that home and make sure you're acting responsibly and safely,” Harris said at a news conference.
She also said:
The people who are opposed to our actions are primarily the NRA. They are not African-Americans or the people who live in these communities and live with the violence every day. They are the people who own guns, but who are quietly holding onto them. And those guns may end up in the hands of a kid who decides he wants to act that way because he likes what he sees on TV, and they become weapons that destroy communities.”
Tucker Carlson shared a video of part of his press conference on Wednesday.
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution enshrines “the right to keep and bear Arms” and declares that right “shall not be infringed.”
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution similarly provides another right for Americans: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.”
Overall, the Fourth Amendment states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and warrants shall issue only on probable cause supported by oath or declaration, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Nonetheless, at a press conference in May 2007, Harris said“Making laws is not just about creating opportunities to prosecute those who commit crimes. More importantly, enshrining our values in law is about trying to encourage certain behaviors.”
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