Vice President meeting with video game industry leaders about gun control

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Updated: 1/11 1:16 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the National Rifle Association is suggesting the group has enough support in Congress to fend off legislation to ban sales of assault weapons.

David Keene told NBC's "Today" show that he doesn't think such a ban is going to get the votes it would need. He also said there's a fundamental disagreement over what would actually make a difference in curbing gun violence.

The NRA was one of the pro-gun rights groups that met yesterday with Vice President Joe Biden, who is putting together the administration's response to last month's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. The NRA yesterday rejected administration proposals to limit high-capacity ammunition magazines, while also digging in its heels against an assault weapons ban, which President Barack Obama has said he will propose to Congress.

Today, Biden is meeting with representatives of the video game industry.

Biden has said he will have a set of recommendations for Obama by Tuesday. He said that won't be "the end of the discussion," but that "the public wants us to act."
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nativejax - 1/11/2013 7:42 PM
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And the only 'gun control' we need is the control we have to keep these guns out of the hands of people that they arn't SUPPOSE to be in the first place. And the d@mn idiots in Government know this. Why don't they reveal the fact that MOST of the nuts that crack and shoot as many people they can, have been on pyschotic drugs at one time or another through out their life. The NEXT bunch of gun violence is the THUGS in the streets.

nativejax - 1/11/2013 7:34 PM
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What did you expect,Gunny48, the GOVERNMENT has an agenda to strip us of more than the 2 amendment. I 'follow' the NRA by becoming a member.

1country - 1/11/2013 4:45 PM
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Biden is a video game!

Gunny48 - 1/11/2013 1:38 PM
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Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association of America is made up of over 4 million moms and dads, daughters and sons, who are involved in the national conversation about how to prevent a tragedy like Newtown from ever happening again. We attended today's White House meeting to discuss how to keep our children safe and were prepared to have a meaningful conversation about school safety, mental health issues, the marketing of violence to our kids and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals. We were disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment. While claiming that no policy proposals would be “prejudged,” this Task Force spent most of its time on proposed restrictions on lawful firearms owners - honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans. It is unfortunate that this Administration continues to insist on pushing failed solutions to our nation's most pressing problems. We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen. Instead, we will now take our commitment and meaningful contributions to members of congress of both parties who are interested in having an honest conversation about what works - and what does not. -NRA- Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. Four million members strong, NRA continues to uphold the Second Amendment and advocates enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the armed services. Be sure to follow the NRA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NationalRifleAssociation and on Twitter @NRA.
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