Biden heading to Virginia to push gun control
by NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press
Jan 25, 2013 | 752 views | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
FILE - In this March 21, 2012 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Mellon Auditorium in Washington. Biden on Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE - In this March 21, 2012 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Mellon Auditorium in Washington. Biden on Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is taking the White House's campaign for gun control on the road to Virginia.

Biden plans a roundtable discussion Friday in Richmond with experts who worked on gun safety following the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech.

President Barack Obama wants Congress to require background checks for all gun sales and ban both military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. The president concedes passage will be difficult, but he also will travel to push the plan. His destinations have yet to be announced.

Virginia has an avidly pro-gun tradition, but lawmakers have been debating a bill to require that private sellers conduct criminal background checks on buyers at gun shows. The current law only requires dealers to conduct the checks.
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GunNut
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January 25, 2013
They are still going the wrong direction. It is the criminals, not the guns. The criminals ignore the law now, another law or gun band will only make it easier for you to be a defenseless victim. Maybe that is exactly what the Dems want, you need to depend on the gov't for protection. Remember, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. How would the lady in Loganville be today, if she had waited for the police?. They were there 5 minutes after she shot the thug that broke into her home.
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