The remarkable utterance underscored Democrats’ increasing comfort with the country’s gun culture, and how Harris is trying to use it to puncture notions about female candidates.

At one point, she reminded the crowd she has a gun in her home and supports the Second Amendment. She followed up the statement laughing, “If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot. I probably should not have said that.

I probably should not have said that. But my staff will deal with that later,” Harris said during the "Unite for America" forum hosted by Winfrey