USA/FILE: Video game industry meets with Vice President Joe Biden as the Obama administration looks for ways to curb gun violence in America

Record ID: 572281

  • Title: USA/FILE: Video game industry meets with Vice President Joe Biden as the Obama administration looks for ways to curb gun violence in America
  • Date: 11th January 2013
  • Summary: CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 18, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MAN SHOOTING AR-15 STYLE ASSAULT RIFLE AT GUN RANGE VARIOUS OF PAPER TARGET MAN SHOOTING RIFLE NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 15, 2012) (REUTERS) MAN PLACING A HOLIDAY WREATH AT MEMORIAL MAN TAKES A STEP BACK TO LOOK AT MEMORIAL CLOSE UP OF WREATH AND SANDY HOOK SCHOOL SIGN
  • Embargoed: 26th January 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Crime,Entertainment,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA6EOBHQBYLO35RS56SIK24M8J2
  • Story Text: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden capped a week of White House meetings on gun violence with talks with the video games industry on Friday (January 11). The meeting included representatives from the companies that make "first-person shooter" games such as "Call of Duty," "Medal of Honor" and "Grand Theft Auto".
    "We know that there is no silver bullet. There is no, one of friends said, no seatbelt that you can put on to ensure that you will not be in this circumstance again," Biden said before the meeting started.
    The meeting comes a day after Biden drew fire from the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA) who complained that the White House was trying to limit constitutionally protected gun rights.
    Biden is heading a task force on reducing gun violence formed after a gunman shot dead 20 children and six adults last month at a Connecticut elementary school. Biden said he will make recommendations to President Barack Obama by next Tuesday (January 15).
    The vice president has held discussions with a wide range of groups including gun retailers, gun owners, the National Rifle Association, the film industry, victims of gun violence, and law enforcement authorities.
    The strong reaction by the NRA, a lobbying organization known for its influence with many lawmakers of both parties, illustrated the difficulty of changing gun laws in a country long accustomed to being able to purchase firearms under relatively loose regulations.
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