Quavo and Vice President Kamala Harris address gun violence in Atlanta appearances Tuesday – 95.5 WSB

The crowd was full of survivors, relatives of the murdered victims. They applauded when Harris spoke about providing mental health services to young people.

Grammy-nominated musician Quavo from Gwinnett County does a lot of charity work in the metro Atlanta area.

When his nephew Takeoff – another Grammy-nominated musician – was gunned down 2 years ago in front of him – he created the Rocket Foundation to end the violence in metro Atlanta.

“It didn’t hit hard until it hit me,” Quavo said. “When I saw him lying there, I felt like I saw myself lying there.”

On Tuesday afternoon, on Takeoff’s anniversary, the Quavo Foundation donated $20,000 to each of these organizations working to end subway violence.

About an hour later, Harris joined Quavo on stage to talk about solutions.

She began by saying that she was not against the right to bear arms.

“I support the 2nd Amendment. I also believe that there is no reason for us to have assault weapons on the streets of America. These are weapons of war,” Harris said.

“No matter how many visits Kamala Harris visits Georgia, she cannot hide the failed record of the Biden-Harris administration. Their militarization of the criminal justice system threatens to replace America’s status as a respected free society with that of a third-rate banana republic,” said State Senator Josh McKoon of the Republican Party of Georgia, Josh McKoon, in a press release.

Harris said his administration has provided resources to hire 300 mental health counselors to work in Georgia schools and said young people are more willing to be honest and open about mental health issues.

Quavo was supposed to talk about what Tuesday meant to him and his family, but he became emotional and had to take a break.

He said Takeoff’s death was still difficult to deal with. He said he wanted to be “the conduit” for real change in his hometown.