Democrats

Biden To NRA: It's Over, The Politics On Guns Have Changed

Evan McMorris-Santoro | February 21, 2013, 2:48PM

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Leesburg, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.

Vice President Biden told an audience Thursday in Connecticut that things have changed in the gun violence debate -- the politician who has to worry now is the one who votes against new regulations on firearms purchases, rather than the one who votes for them.

That's a big change in the conventional wisdom, which has long held that taking on the gun rights lobby is at best risky and at worst suicidal. But Biden's not the only one saying it -- Democrats are gearing up to make support for gun control a key plank in their 2014 platform.

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