During the Democratic YouTube Presidential debate last July, Senator Joseph Biden expressed some concern about a man who submitted a video question asking whether the candidates would protect his “baby.”

His baby happened to be a semiautomatic assault rifle.

Senator Biden said, “If that’s his baby, he needs help.”  Then he went on to say, “We should be working with law enforcement right now to make sure that we protect people against people who are not capable of knowing what to do with a gun because they are either mentally imbalanced and/or they have a criminal record.”

Make no mistake, Joe Biden is a straight talker about the need for common sense laws to keep dangerous people from getting guns.  He has been an advocate for sensible gun laws that protect our police officers and our families.  I was proud to stand with him just a few weeks ago in Philadelphia when he joined with our nation’s mayors in supporting tough crime fighting laws.  I also joined him last year when police leaders urged passage of common sense measures to protect law enforcement officers.

Our nation would be well served with Joe Biden as our Vice President.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 at 12:00 pm and is filed under Uncategorized .