TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
Vice President Joe Biden
says the Obama Administration is not giving up on an assault weapons ban.
Biden and New York Mayor
Michael Bloomberg spoke with families from Newtown, Conn., pushing more gun
control efforts and urging Congress to pass the ban.
"There's no doubt that
requiring background checks for all gun sales saves lives and there's doubt
that the American people support it," Bloomberg said. "The only question is
whether congress will have the courage to do the right thing or whether they
will allow more innocent people including innocent children to be gunned down."
Senate
democrats dropped the ban Tuesday from the gun-control package out of concern
that opposition could sink the whole bill.
The
ban will still get a separate vote this year as an amendment, but it stands
little chance of passing.
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