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January 18, 2013

Biden: "We Have to Act" Against Gun Violence 
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The Obama administration is continuing its push to rally support for a
sweeping plan to address gun violence. On Thursday Vice President Joe
Biden called for action before hundreds of U.S. mayors gathered in
Washington, D.C., for an annual meeting. In his address Biden referenced
the shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut, that claimed the lives of
20 children, six school staff and the shooter’s mother.

Joe Biden: "We have to do something, we have to act. And I hope we all
agree there’s a need to respond to the carnage in our streets and in
our schools. I hope we all agree that mass shootings like the one we
witnessed in Newtown 34 days ago cannot continue to be tolerated. That
tragedy in all my years of public life, I think has affected the public
psyche in a way that I’ve never seen before."

 

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