Candidates called gun violence an epidemic, a disease; some called out the powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Assn. The mass shooting injured more than a dozen before police killed Santino William Legan, 19, of Gilroy. It could make gun control a focus of the Democratic debate being held Tuesday and Wednesday night in Detroit.
Sen. Kamala Harris of California spoke to reporters Monday in Detroit about the shooting in her home state.
“I just want to start by expressing my sorrow for the families of those who lost their life in that shooting in Gilroy, Calif.,” she said. “It just keeps happening in our country and these families are right now in deep pain. And so I just want to express my sorrow to them. I want to thank the first responders who turned out to secure the fair and the grounds and make sure no one else was harmed or exposed to harm, but it’s just tragic. There’s no other way to describe it.”
