Biden says Chicago vote a sign that voters want action on guns

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U.S. Vice President Biden , Senate Minority Leader McConnell and Rep. Jackson Lee arrive prior to President Obama's State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A gun control supporter's victory in a Chicago Democratic congressional primary election is a sign that voters want tougher gun laws and are turning against the powerful gun lobby, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday. Robin Kelly, a former Illinois state representative, won the election Tuesday to run for the U.S. House seat of former Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. It was the first U.S. electoral test since gun control rose to the top of the political agenda after a gunman killed 26 people at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, in December. …

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