In other words, Plugs thinks we’re as stupid as he is.

Via The Hill:

Voters already believe that the gun restrictions the White House is pushing are in place, Vice President Biden said Thursday.

Biden was speaking at an event in New York’s City Hall alongside New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I). Biden praised Bloomberg for his advocacy of stricter gun laws.

In introducing Biden, Bloomberg noted that the vice president has pushed for a number of proposals to reduce gun violence, including reinstating a federal assault weapons ban, a limit on how many bullets can go in a magazine clips and universal background checks for gun sales.

“Combined, these are commonsense approaches, that ironically, Mr. Mayor, in the polling data we’ve done recently — the American people already think that these gun safety proposals are in place,” Biden said. “The American people — a significant number — already think that universal background checks … they already think that anyone buys multiple guns has to be reported.

“So the irony here is what we’re proposing is common sense, that the American people … says ‘Guess what, we think you’ve already done that.’ “