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Home Front: Politix
Biden to oversee White House effort to reduce gun violence
2012-12-19
Reader Beavis points out this link as well.
President Obama will formally name Vice President Biden on Wednesday as the head of the administration's working group assigned to come up with ways to reduce gun violence following the Newtown, Conn., shootings.

The White House said Obama will make the announcement late Wednesday morning. Biden, a gun-control advocate during his years in the Senate, will supervise what the administration described as an "inter-agency" process to draw up a comprehensive strategy to address gun violence and the mass shootings that have battered a handful of communities during Obama's tenure.

Obama spoke Monday to Biden and several key Cabinet members, including Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, about the process.

White House officials say the eventual package of proposals will likely include some new restrictions on guns, particularly assault rifles, and high-capacity magazines. But they say it will also likely involve measures that touch on mental health initiatives and, perhaps, a discussion on the depiction of violence presented in popular culture.
Posted by:tipper

#16  An interesting economic consequence of the fear that the govt will clamp down on guns is that prices have gone exponential, rising by 200-300% since the day before the attack on eBay. People are buying at their Wal-Mart stores and gun shops, so much so that they are running out of stock in many areas and selling for a tidy 3x profit. It should be mayhem for the next month.
Posted by: tipper   2012-12-19 23:12  

#15  Raising taxes is the main game right now

That will probably be the core of the gun grabbing legislation - registration of all guns with a high annual fee for each, plus a high tax on ammo and accessories.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-12-19 20:22  

#14  "It would be a LOT more constructive if the Administration put together a special package to improve safety and security at American schools."

There's your problem right there, Raider.

Plus, probably not enough opportunity for graft and corruption. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara   2012-12-19 18:20  

#13  Raising taxes is the main game right now. The gun issue is agitprop and distraction, plus battlespace prep for later.
Posted by: Grunter   2012-12-19 17:41  

#12  Doing nothing but giving the illusion of doing something? This doesn't square with O's gungrabber stance in the past.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-12-19 17:07  

#11  It would be a LOT more constructive if the Administration put together a special package to improve safety and security at American schools.
Posted by: Raider   2012-12-19 14:42  

#10  "I will use all the powers of this office to help advance efforts to prevent more tragedies" such as Friday's, the president said.

The Congress be damned! Executive Orders forthcoming.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-12-19 13:08  

#9  Update
Obama Asks Biden To Draft 'Concrete Proposals' On Guns By January
Posted by: tipper   2012-12-19 12:50  

#8  You know, this could be interpreted to mean that Obama really isn't serious about gun gontrol, this business of putting Slow Joe in charge.
Posted by: no mo uro   2012-12-19 12:34  

#7  If Biden holds a Gun-press Conference nobody will show up without Vests. Just in case.
Posted by: Charles   2012-12-19 12:33  

#6  Sheriff Joe will make sure you check your guns when you come to town.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2012-12-19 11:35  

#5  Champ passes the turd to Joe for safe handling. We'd rather not talk about F&F, Benghazi, Mexico ....guns, any guns.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-12-19 11:22  

#4  I assume Slow Joe will lead by example and disarm his Secret Service troop first?
Posted by: Frank G   2012-12-19 11:22  

#3  The O admin knows that this will be a fight. They do not want to get any mud on O, so they will let Biden spearhead the effort, and when things go south, Biden will be da man to focus on. You sure as sh*t can't have Holder be point man.....
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2012-12-19 11:22  

#2  Does this mean they aren't serious?
Posted by: Iblis   2012-12-19 11:18  

#1  Biden to oversee White House effort to reduce gun violence grab guns

FIFY

How about this - allow any pol who wants to grab guns do the collection himself, unarmed, door to door without backup. Lead by example.
Posted by: P2Kontheroad   2012-12-19 10:38  

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