WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said he and President Barack Obama are "determined to take action" as he opened a series of White House meetings on gun violence.
Biden met Wednesday at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, near the White House, with representatives from gun-safety groups, survivors of gun violence and relatives of gun violence victims. It was the first of a series of planned meetings for the task force Biden is heading at the president's direction in the aftermath of the December massacre of 20 students and six teachers and staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.