Kamala Harris' brutal assessment of self-defense laws before she laughed about shooting intruders in Oprah interview

Vice President Kamala Harris laughed Thursday about shooting a potential intruder to her home, despite her record of opposing some self-defense gun laws as racist. 

Harris spoke about gun ownership during an appearance with Oprah Winfrey at a political forum Thursday night, confirming that she owned a gun. 

"If somebody breaks into my house, they're getting shot, sorry," Harris said laughing

'Yes, yes. I hear that, I hear that,' Winfrey replied.

'Probably should not have said that,' Harris added as some in the crowd laughed nervously. "But my staff will deal with that later.'

Harris made the comment defending the right of gun owners to defend themselves and their property despite previously condemning self defense gun laws as racist.

In 2020, Harris condemned 'stand your ground' self defense laws, during an interview with the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety.

She argued that those laws were 'used as an excuse if not a cover for people who are motivated by racism and racial profiling.'

'It has been used as an excuse to kill black and brown people,' she added.

Self defense laws exist in 28 states, allowing a person to defend themselves and their property using deadly force without a requirement to retreat from an attacker first, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Some states have specifically included the words 'stand your ground' to their laws to make it more clear.  

But Harris described such laws as dangerous for minority communities as gun owners were using them as 'a shield for their misbehavior, and frankly their racism.'

Even as Vice President, Harris stated her willingness to end 'stand your ground' laws during an interview with Telemundo.

When the news anchor spoke about a story of a man who was shot after he knocked on the wrong door, Harris lamented that such laws were wrong and needed to be changed.

'I think there has to be,' she said. 'We need to pass reasonable gun safety laws in this country. Babies are dying. Babies.'

She denounced state and local lawmakers defending self-defense laws as cowards.

'Stand. You want to talk about stand? Stand for principles, stand for the safety of our children. Stand for what's reasonable,' she said.

A Harris spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com. 

Harris has long supported tougher gun control legislation, including a government sponsored mandatory gun buyback program for assault weapons. 

Since taking over the 2024 presidential nomination from President Joe Biden, however, Harris has told voters that she will not take away their guns. 

 'I'm not trying to take everyone's guns away,' Harris said during the forum.