VICE PRESIDENT Biden will make the White House's case for tougher gun control laws during a speech in Danbury, Conn. - mere miles from the Newtown school massacre.

Biden will speak Thursday alongside elected officials from Connecticut as well as those touched by the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.

His appearance comes as the Obama administration furiously lobbies Congress to enact tougher legislation in the wake of the shooting that left 26 people dead.

In last week's State of the Union, Obama urged Congress to stop stalling and vote on the gun control legislation.
