By Politico
President Obama reiterated his determination Monday to see Congress act to reduce gun violence.
"The only way that we're going to be able to do everything that needs to be done is with the cooperation of Congress," he said at the start of a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden and law enforcement officials from the Major Cities Chiefs Association and the Major County Sheriffs Association.
"That means passing serious laws that restrict the access and availability of assault weapons and magazine clips that aren't necessary for hunters and sportsmen, those responsible gun owners who are out there. It means that we are serious about universal background checks, it means that we take seriously issues of mental health and school safety," he said.
The president's mention of the assault weapons ban came after it was conspicuously absent from Biden's remarks Friday in Richmond, Va.
Obama said he understands that guns is an issue that stirs up "passion all across the country," but that it's important to take action and that the voices of law enforcement officials are key to the conversation.
The meeting's attendees included:
· Sheriff Larry Amerson, Calhoun County, AL
· Police Chief Chris Burbank, Salt Lake City, UT
· Police Chief John Edwards, Oak Creek, WI
· Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald, Story County, IA
· Sheriff Douglas Gillespie, Las Vegas, NV
· Police Chief Janeé Harteau, Minneapolis, MN
· Police Chief Michael Kehoe, Newtown, CT
· Police Chief J. Thomas Manger, Montgomery County, MD
· Superintendent Garry McCarthy, Chicago, IL
· Police Chief Daniel Oates, Aurora, CO
· Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, Philadelphia, PA
· Sheriff Richard Stanek, Hennepin County, MN
· Police Chief Robert Villaseñor, Tucson, AZ
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