.Harris, too, was pressed by moderators on her policy improvements on concerns including fracking (in 2020, she wanted to outlaw fracking now she does not), weapons (she earlier assisted an obligatory authorities buyback plan for assault weapons now she doesn't) and also immigration (she earlier assisted decriminalizing edge crossings, and now has taken a harder line). In action, she claimed she was regularly pro-fracking (though she stated in 2019, "there is actually no question that I'm in favor of outlawing fracking"), before pivoting to an account regarding her middle-class youth and just how her mother managed to purchase their initial home.