Vice President, Joe Biden, will be at a briefing at the White House on Wednesday to discuss possible changes in the nation's gun control legislation, a subject that has become the focus of national debate after the unfortunate shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
In a speech in Newton on Sunday President Obama alluded to issue of gun-control when he said, "no single law, no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world, or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society. But that can't be an excuse for inaction. Surely, we can do better than this," as reported by CNN News.
However, it should be expected that if anyone will spearhead the debate of federal gun-control legislation in congress, it will be Vice President Biden, particularly because of his track-record on the subject during his reign as senator.
In 1988, Biden introduced a Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which took nearly six year to pass through congress, which it did in 1994. In 2007, Biden looked to pass the Crime Control and Prevention Act. Both of these legislations deal with federal gun-control and also seek to strengthen background checks on purchases of weapons as well as stricter mental health assessment of those who purchase weapons.
Senator Diane Feinstein, judiciary committee chair, also announced that she will work to create an legislation that would ban assault weapons.
According to the White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, the president will support Feinstein's efforts. According to Wall Street Journal, Carney also said, "the president would consider limits on high-capacity magazines and would back efforts to prevent people from buying guns through unlicensed dealers without a background check."
The National Rifle Association (NRA) announced that it would support "meaningful contribution" to prevent further mass shootings such as the one that took place in elementary school in Connecticut on Friday.
