[Georgia Girl 2]

No gun control is going to pass through Congress and Oblahblah does not have the authority to ban tactical rifles and high cap mags by EO. If he tries it he is going to be sorry.

The blowback will be intense. Maybe it will be a good thing if he tries to go too far.

[Oberon]

No gun control is going to pass through Congress and Oblahblah does not have the authority to ban tactical rifles and high cap mags by EO.

Broad authority to regulate firearms was given to the Executive branch by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1968. Under these statutes the Fed established the BATFE, which issues ongoing rulings about administrative questions as they arise, such as "Does this [insert device name here] constitute an NFA weapon under Federal law?"

I suspect that the President does have broad authority under these acts to provide direction to BATFE about how he wants the laws administered, such as (for example) putting all weapons that are cosmetically similar to military rifles on the NFA list, making them subject to federal registration and a $200 transfer tax.

So yeah, I think he can do this. More importantly, HE thinks he can do this. Whether he's right or not will be for the courts to decide, most likely several years from now.

[ScottinVA]

The blowback will be intense. Maybe it will be a good thing if he tries to go too far.

Maybe so.... it might be healthy to gauge the level of resolve.

[CityCenter]

From the beginning I've felt this entire dog and pony show on gun control has been nothing but a distraction perpetrated on the American people. I do believe the Obama administration would love to gut the Second Amendment, but the timing and the rush toward this doesn't make sense to me. As conservatives, we need to be very careful how we react. Obama wants us to go nuts over this so he can continue to marginalize us. I wouldn't be surpirsed if that was his intent in the first place.

Let's fight the good fight, but let's do it on our terms, not his.