Gun control debate: Is an assault weapons ban out of reach?
Biden’s omission of the ban from his description of his package of proposals on Thursday suggests an assault weapons ban is out of reach. (It’s still possible that the ban could be included in Biden’s final proposal, which will be announced Tuesday, and both Biden and Obama have voiced support for the ban on other occasions in the past few weeks.) A lot has changed since 1994—including public opinion,the legal landscape and the political might of the NRA.“I don’t think a ban on assault weapons—which is a ban on some of the most popular rifles in America—is likely to get support,” said Adam Winkler, a UCLA law professor and Second Amendment expert. “The 1994 ban was widely recognized to be ineffective and to be riddled with loopholes.”
Jason Zielinski shows a customer an AR-15 style rifle at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store. (Scott Olson/Getty)
Joe Biden’s visit to Cosco, gif’ed. You’re welcome.
"You’ve got to give Mitt Romney credit. He is a job creator—in Singapore, and China, India. He’s been very good at creating jobs overseas."
"Osama bin Laden aimed to assassinate President Barack Obama but directed fellow al-Qaida fighters to leave Vice President Joe Biden alone, describing him as ‘totally unprepared- to take over and predicting a ‘crisis’ in America if that happened, according to a newly declassified letter from the terrorist mastermind."
Bin Laden letter: Kill Obama, leave ‘totally unprepared’ Biden alone
Man, poor Joe Biden can’t get any credit with the terrorists.
It is no surprise to voters that campaign speeches are tested in polls and focus groups to within an inch of their lives. So we decided to reverse engineer the campaign’s messaging by looking at the most commonly used expressions in the first four Biden campaign speeches. (The vice president delivered the fifth one today in New York on the topic of foreign policy.)
Vice President Joe Biden’s long-winded ways nearly sparked a fight in China:
During a meeting with Chinese Vice President Xi Jingping Thursday in China, Biden followed up on Xi’s remarks by giving his own speech. And as Biden delivered his stem-winder, the White House pool reports that a “larger Chinese official” attempted to force the reporters out of the room, causing a near brawl.
“Stern shooing turned into forceful shoving,” pool reporter Michael Memoli later wrote for the Los Angeles Times. “As reporters tried to stand their ground, Chinese officials locked arms and pushed forward in a show of overwhelming force.”
