Photos: Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Conference on Gun Violence, February 21, 2013

Posted Feb 21, 2013

Vice President Joe Biden was the keynote speaker at a conference on gun violence at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury on 2/21/2013.

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U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (left) applauds as Vice President Joe Biden (center) raises his fist as he exits the Campus Center Ballroom at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury after speaking at a Conference on Gun Violence on 2/21/2013. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is at right. Photo by Arnold Gold/New Haven Register
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Newtown Police Chief Michael Kehoe (left) speaks with Neil Heslin(right), father of slain Sandy Hook student Jesse Lewis, at a Conference on Gun Violence at the Campus Center Ballroom at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury on 2/21/2013. Photo by Arnold Gold/New Haven Register
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Newtown First Selectman E. Patricia Llodra (left) embraces Vice President Joe Biden (right) before he speaks at a Conference on Gun Violence at the Campus Center Ballroom at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury on 2/21/2013. Photo by Arnold Gold/New Haven Register
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (left) listens to Vice President Joe Biden (right) speak at a Conference on Gun Violence at the Campus Center Ballroom at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury on 2/21/2013. Photo by Arnold Gold/New Haven Register
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (left) applauds Vice President Joe Biden (right) as he speaks at a Conference on Gun Violence at the Campus Center Ballroom at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury on 2/21/2013. Photo by Arnold Gold/New Haven Register
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Gov. Dannel Malloy (left) jokes with Vice President Joe Biden (right) as he begins to speak at a Conference on Gun Violence at the Campus Center Ballroom at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury on 2/21/2013. Malloy told the audience that Biden would mention his grandfather during his speech and when he did the audience laughed at the prediction coming true. Photo by Arnold Gold/New Haven Register
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speaks at a Conference on Gun Violence at the Campus Center Ballroom at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury on 2/21/2013. Photo by Arnold Gold/New Haven Register