Biden was inaugurated to a second term in the early morning of January 20 , 2013 , at a small ceremony in his official residence with Justice Sonia Sotomayor presiding ( a public ceremony took place on January 21 ) . He continued to be in the forefront as , in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting , the Obama administration put forth executive orders and proposed legislation towards new gun control measures ( the legislation failed to pass )
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Joe Biden