Biden was greeting workers in hard hats, when one man - with cell phone cameras rolling all around him - buttonholed the Democratic Party front runner, asking how he could get union votes when he is for gun controls.
"You are actively trying to diminish our Second Amendment rights," the man said, drawing a swift rebuke from Biden.
"You're full of shit," Biden said. "I support the Second Amendment."
“You’re full of sh*t”: Joe Biden argues with a union worker in Detroit who accused him of trying to take away Americans' Second Amendment rights. He then incorrectly refers to AR-15s as "AR-14s," while saying he would take those – but not all guns – away https://t.co/YYT600qc8u pic.twitter.com/Hn63o0kuVZ
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In the encounter, the auto worker referred to Biden's endorsement by Beto O'Rourke, the former Texas Congressman who has championed tough gun measures - but Biden has never embraced O'Rourke's call to confiscate weapons.
During the primary campaign, Biden has routinely made gun control a central theme of his campaign stops, arguing for stricter background checks, like ending private sales without background checks. a
Biden has also supported ending what's known as the Charleston loophole, which allows a gun purchase to go through after three days, even if the background check has not been completed by law enforcement.
"Vice President Joe Biden's support for gun violence prevention has never wavered," said the Newtown Action Alliance, a group formed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
"He has a long history of supporting gun control measures and fighting the NRA even when it was not popular for Democrats to do so," the group added on Tuesday.
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