02-22-2013, 02:32 PM
Biden made a speech near Newtown yesterday to garner support for increased gun control legislation.
Snipped:
“When I look at the courage you’ve shown, it’s incumbent on politicians to show some political courage, too,” Biden said, addressing shooting victims’ families at a conference at Western Connecticut State University. “If you’re concerned about your political survival, you should be concerned about the survival of our children.”
The “organized opposition” tries to set up “roadblocks” to new gun laws, but the White House and its allies will not yield, Biden said. Instead, the administration is trying to strike a balance, encouraging Americans to take advantage of their constitutional rights while backing efforts to make doing so less dangerous.
People are wrong to say the administration is trying to infringe on the Second Amendment, he repeated twice during his speech, but that doesn’t mean that “unnecessary and dangerous weapons that put our law enforcement at risk” should stay on the streets. “No abiding citizen in the United States in America [should have] any fear their constitutional rights will be infringed in any way,” he said.
When opponents say the debate over gun violence should instead be about violence in popular culture, “they’re wrong — it is about guns.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/jo...z2LeYoiCuK
I disagree with Biden that voting for increased gun control legislation is the key to political survival for all politicians; I think it could be politically damaging for some politicians depending on the views of their constituencies.
I agree with Biden that it seems some ideas to reduce gun violence are met with resistance without due consideration and that some groups refuse to consider any changes (even administrative ones, as opposed to bans) by automatically assuming/claiming second amendment violations.
I disagree with Biden that reducing gun violence is all about guns and not about violence in culture.
It's been two months since the Newtown shootings; I don't think the administration has gained the necessary congressional support to get bans passed. Wonder when the actual bill(s) are going to be submitted for vote...
Snipped:
“When I look at the courage you’ve shown, it’s incumbent on politicians to show some political courage, too,” Biden said, addressing shooting victims’ families at a conference at Western Connecticut State University. “If you’re concerned about your political survival, you should be concerned about the survival of our children.”
The “organized opposition” tries to set up “roadblocks” to new gun laws, but the White House and its allies will not yield, Biden said. Instead, the administration is trying to strike a balance, encouraging Americans to take advantage of their constitutional rights while backing efforts to make doing so less dangerous.
People are wrong to say the administration is trying to infringe on the Second Amendment, he repeated twice during his speech, but that doesn’t mean that “unnecessary and dangerous weapons that put our law enforcement at risk” should stay on the streets. “No abiding citizen in the United States in America [should have] any fear their constitutional rights will be infringed in any way,” he said.
When opponents say the debate over gun violence should instead be about violence in popular culture, “they’re wrong — it is about guns.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/jo...z2LeYoiCuK
I disagree with Biden that voting for increased gun control legislation is the key to political survival for all politicians; I think it could be politically damaging for some politicians depending on the views of their constituencies.
I agree with Biden that it seems some ideas to reduce gun violence are met with resistance without due consideration and that some groups refuse to consider any changes (even administrative ones, as opposed to bans) by automatically assuming/claiming second amendment violations.
I disagree with Biden that reducing gun violence is all about guns and not about violence in culture.
It's been two months since the Newtown shootings; I don't think the administration has gained the necessary congressional support to get bans passed. Wonder when the actual bill(s) are going to be submitted for vote...