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Nikki Haley on Gun Control
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For school shootings: more mental health; more security
What we see is, 80 percent of mass shooters are in some sort of crisis at the time that they do that. We have got to do better. The problem is, we don't have enough mental health therapists. We don't have enough mental health centers.
And if you don't get treated, you can fall into an addiction. We don't have enough addiction centers.We have to secure our schools the same ways that we secure our airports and our courthouses.
And that means we make sure that we have whatever we need to, to make sure nothing comes through bullet-wise or otherwise. We need to have a security officer at the front of every school.
We need to have one point of entry, no side or rear entries. And then, we need to make sure that we have someone on staff, a mental health counselor that does nothing but look to see which kids may be in crisis.
Source: CNN Town Hall 2024 pre-Iowa caucus
, Jan 4, 2024
Secure schools with onsite police, not gun-free zones
Let's make sure when it comes to our schools, secure our schools. There should be one point of entry. There should be a law enforcement officer at every school. We should make sure there's the clear bulletproof tape that we have at courthouses and
airports. We should have that on our schools to protect them. And we should have a mental health counselor at every single school, not a guidance counselor but a mental health counselor.
You know, everybody wants to say, oh, let's get rid of AR-15s. The reality is, even if you did that, it might make you feel good today, there's going to be another shooting next week. The reason a lot of these happened, and you mentioned that
shooting at the schools, you need to end gun-free zones. Killers always look for a place that's a gun-free zone, because guess what, nobody else is going to be able to protect themselves.
Source: CNN Town Hall: interviews of 2024 presidential candidates
, Jun 4, 2023
I don't trust government to deal with red flag laws
I don't trust government to deal with red flag laws. I don't trust that they won't take them away from people who rightfully deserve to have them, because you've got someone else judging whether someone should have a gun or not. It is a
constitutional right that people can protect and defend themselves. What I want is the Feds to do their job. What I want is to take illegal guns off the street. What I want us to do is deal with mental health the way it deserves to be dealt with.
Source: CNN Town Hall: interviews of 2024 presidential candidates
, Jun 4, 2023
Expanded concealed carry rights to bars and restaurants
Nikki is a strong defender of the Second Amendment and fought to protect gun owners' rights as governor. In 2012, she signed a bill that repealed many of the state's outdated anti-gun laws. She signed reciprocity legislation with
Georgia, expanded concealed carry rights to bars and restaurants, and backed the Constitutional Carry Act that would have eliminated the state's permitting and training requirements for gun owners.
Source: 2024 Presidential campaign website NikkiHaley.com
, May 7, 2023
Make concealed weapons permits easier
Few things are as clearly defined as the right of individual Americans to own and use firearms. The right to bear arms was deemed so critical by our Founders that they spelled it out in absolute terms, and any governmental action that undermines that
right is in turn undermining the very freedoms that built our great nation. I hold a Concealed Weapons Permit myself, and in this state makes it difficult for CWP holders to rightfully carry--we need to make the rules that govern carrying far more simple
Source: 2010 Gubernatorial campaign website, nikkihaley.com "Issues"
, Nov 2, 2010
Founding fathers gave us the absolute right to bear arms
The right to bear arms was deemed so critical by our Founders that they spelled it out in absolute terms, and it is my belief that any governmental action that undermines that right is in turn undermining the very freedoms that built our great nation.
I hold a Concealed Weapons Permit myself, and in this state we have issues that make it difficult for CWP holders to carry. As governor, I will continue to fight against any government infringement on the 2nd Amendment.
Source: 2010 Gubernatorial campaign website nikkihaley.com, "Issues"
, May 2, 2010
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