Between the lines

Biden says consensus emerging on gun safety

Which means they already have decided what they will try to pass, not that it wasn't a forgone conclusion long before now 

"There is a surprising -- so far -- recurrence of suggestions that we have universal background checks, not just [to] close the gun show loophole, but total, universal background checks, including private sales," Biden said.

But those comments came before Biden's meeting with the country's powerful gun lobby and foe of restrictions on gun ownership.