Biden plans to fight as gun provisions struggle in Senate

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With Congress grappling over gun legislation, Vice President Joe Biden vowed to continue fighting for a ban on semi-automatic firearms modeled after military assault weapons, despite its bleak future on Capitol Hill.

"I am still pushing that it pass," Biden said Wednesday on NPR. "We are still pushing that it pass."

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"Attitudes are changing and I think the president and I are going to continue to push and we haven't given up on it," Biden said Wednesday.

The vice president will appear at an event Thursday in New York with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Newtown families in an attempt to push new federal gun laws, as debate nears in the Senate and some key provisions struggle for support.

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1. Hopefully, his home defense recommendations will not be followed.