Making an imaginary shotgun with his hands and firing it with a loud “BOOM!” line Thursday afternoon, Vice President Biden made the case that the White House plan to curb gun violence does not step on the Second Amendment.In the 24 hours or so since President Obama debuted the comprehensive plan to curb gun violence following the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, gun rights groups and their political allies have gone to the mattresses — accusing the the president of trying to repeal the Second Amendment by fiat as part of his larger plan to confiscate guns from their legal owners. Republican state leaders have pledged to secede from Obama’s plans. Republicans in Congress have promised to vanquish the president on Capitol Hill.
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