Vice President holds panel with Sen. Tim Kaine and other leaders on gun safety, gun laws, expanding mental health.
By Katherine Johnson and Mechelle Hankerson, Capital News Service Vice President Joe Biden held a roundtable discussion about gun violence Friday at Virginia Commonwealth University, saying “we cannot remain silent” on the issue. The discussion was closed to the public, but in remarks outside the panel he said the group reached a “broad consensus” that certain parties should be denied access to guns. They include convicted felons, those guilty of domestic violence and those who are legally found to not be capable because of mental capacity. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jim Cole joined Biden for the discussion. Virginia officials …
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Stella McEnearny
12:47 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013
Virginia desperately needs to shed its backwoods guns 'n' guts image; it's a source of national embarrassment. more ›