But he said those fears did not reflect reality and he pleaded with gun owners to set their peers straight.
Biden traveled to a gun policy conference in Connecticut last month in the aftermath of December's Newtown school shootings, to underscore the administration's push for tougher laws as the state considers a broad set of gun control bills.
And especially if the Democratic nominee were Hillary Clinton we're told that he would really hurt her, that you would have another New Yorker, you would have a similar issue set - gun control, immigration, global warming - not the sort of issues that you would have on the Republican side.
Polls show that majorities of Americans favor almost every restriction actually being proposed to set limits on gun ownership.
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The rest of the states divide into those that do not allow concealed weapons on campuses (21) and those that permit colleges to set their own gun policies (24).
State reinforcement of federal penalties for providing false information when buying a gun, running background checks on buyers at gun shows, allowing local discretion to police when issuing concealed-carry permits, requiring purchase permits for handguns and allowing municipalities to set their own gun laws are all associated with lower gun-trafficking rates.
New York City Mayor Governor Michael Bloomberg, apparently upset that such a rampage with a legal weapon had not yet set off serious gun control efforts at the federal level, tried to heat up the debate on Monday with the shocking news that he was able to buy a bunch of guns illegally at a gun show in Arizona.
In Washington, the US Congress is set to debate new gun control legislation this month.
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And a pro-gun group, the Montana Shooting Sports Association, has set up a website that is updated with Baucus' public statements on gun policy.
Two police task forces have been set up to tackle gun and gang crime in Sefton after four shootings in the area in the past 12 months.
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Despite the number of mass shootings in the United States in 2012, Boston said he believes the laws already set in place for gun control are plenty.
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Nelson, Georgia, is also set to vote on mandatory gun ownership on 1 April.
This month, President Barack Obama unveiled a two-pronged approach to gun violence that included legislation and a set of executive actions.
But we'll also continue to work on those things that the American people expect us to work on -- on creating jobs, growing the economy, making sure that we get comprehensive immigration reform, making sure that we move forward towards getting a comprehensive set of initiatives in place to reduce gun violence, and other things.
No proposal, or set of proposals, will ever stop all gun crime.
Another measure approved by the panel earlier this week would establish a framework for the Department of Education to set safety guidelines aimed at protecting schools from gun violence.
He set the right tone for the seriousness of the gun control debate, from having students who had written to him about gun control as a backdrop to neatly bifurcating legislative action that he could take through executive order.
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President Barack Obama has set a January deadline for "concrete proposals" to deal with gun violence after the Newtown shooting.
America needs the leadership of these maverick new leaders to set a new course on fiscal policy, election reform, and gun violence, among many other pressing issues.
The original group was set up by community activists in the mid-1990s to tackle the effects of gun crime.
The Obama administration is due to unveil plans to tighten gun laws, after President Barack Obama tasked his deputy, Joe Biden, with establishing a set of "concrete proposals".
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Giffords' visit came one day after Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy set a two-month deadline for a special commission to address the state's gun laws, mental health policies and public security issues.
Many people began returning to Louisiana on Tuesday, including to New Orleans, where Mayor Ray Nagin said people who "jumped the gun" by trying to return to the city ahead of the lifting of the evacuation order -- set for midnight -- would be allowed in.
The Obama administration has indicated it will look for ways to tighten gun laws, and President Barack Obama has given his deputy, Joe Biden, the task of establishing a set of "concrete proposals" within weeks.
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