‘I will apologize to no one.’ Kamala Harris talks gun control in Seattle Central District

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris visited Seattle and called Friday for broad gun reform, joining speakers from two local indigenous tribes, a student activist group and a Muslim rights organization.

The California senator's stop at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute was not a large, raucous rally covering a range of issues.

Instead she focused on the personal stories of people and communities affected by gun violence.

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"I have personally held more mothers of homicide victims than I care to tell you," she told the crowd just a few minutes into the event.

Instead of standing at a lectern to deliver a fiery speech, Harris sat onstage flanked by members of the Puyallup and Suquamish tribes, the Muslim Association of Puget Sound, and a student from the March For Our Lives activist group. Each shared how gun violence has affected their communities and what ideas they have to curb it.

Aneelah Afzali, executive director of the American Muslim Empowerment Network at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound, said it's time to get guns out of the hands of racists and bigots.

"I still have a fear every single day when I'm at the mosque and I go down into prayer, I have that fear that somebody's going to walk in and do what they did at the mosque there," Afzali said, referring to the mass shooting at a mosque in New Zealand in March.

Harris's plan for guns so far is general and similar to that of her Democratic opponents.

She said if elected she'd give Congress 100 days to pass a gun reform bill that includes universal background checks and an assault weapons ban.

When pressed about the reality of passing gun reform legislation in a divided Washington, D.C., Harris said she wouldn't "apologize to anyone" for pushing Congress and acting alone if she must.

"There is no question whatsoever that the president of the United States has in her ability, based on legal precedent, to take executive action," Harris said.

Harris' appearance kicked off several days of activity by Democratic presidential campaigns in Seattle.

Jill Biden came to town Sunday for fundraisers for her husband, former Vice President Joe Biden. And Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar was scheduled to be at a campaign event Monday at Zoka Coffee near University Village, along with a private fundraiser.