Posted on 01/04/2016 4:41:09 PM PST by NRx
The Obama administration on Monday unveiled a series of new executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence and making some political headway on one of the most frustrating policy areas of President Obamaâs tenure.
The package, which Obama plans to announce Tuesday, includes 10 separate provisions, White House officials said. One key provision would require more gun sellers â especially those who do business on the Internet and at gun shows â to be licensed and would force them to conduct background checks on potential buyers. Obama would devote $500 million more in federal funds to treating mental illness â a move that could require congressional approval â and require that firearms lost in transit between a manufacturer and seller be reported to federal authorities.
Under the presidentâs actions, the FBI will hire more than 230 additional examiners and other personnel to help process new background checks, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has established a new investigation center to keep track of illegal gun trafficking online and will devote $4 million and additional personnel to enhance the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network.
âThe gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage, but they canât hold America hostage. We canât accept this carnage in our communities,â Obama said in a Twitter message Monday evening, referring to the National Rifle Association. The president is scheduled to talk about his new policies in the East Room on Tuesday, and he will participate in a town hall at George Mason University two days later, which will be televised on CNN.
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“Step 3. Nobody passes the check.”
Except Jihadis, Saudis and ISIS members.
More AA hires that will essentially be no-show jobs. They will do nothing
“Obama: Weâre working on gun control ‘under the radar’”
2011
“I won’t take your guns.”
“If you like your doctor...”
From what I have seen elsewhere, Obama’s intent is that an exact number will not pertain. It will be whatever the feds say it is, case by case, rendering you vulnerable whatever you do. This is a classic setup for arbitrary enforcement, intimidation, sowing distrust, etc. Paid gubmint informers and agents provocateur will have a field day helping shake down and ruin law abiding citizens.
Will Obama crack down on inner-city gang members who traffic most of the stolen guns used in their crimes and homicides? Oh no, that might result in racially disproportionate results.
I believe it was Rubio that said his first act would be to rescind the EO. I heard news blurbs from Trump, Cruz and Christie about it, too.
It is bad enough he “proposes” all of this, but the fact is a “Republican” Congress will fund it. Tell me again why I should vote. I will vote, because I always vote. The problem is that it becomes more and more clear to me that voting today is useless.
I won’t comply. FUBHO...
And just where does the money come from for all these new employees and offices? It used to be that Congress appropriated funding - before the GOP took a permanent powder. Now, Dear Leader simply decrees and nothing comes from Congress except a little hot air.
"Describe the almost 8 years of Obama Administration."
Zero. New rule may apply to the sale of one single firearm according to one article.
So... you have to get a license... and there's currently an 83 year waiting line.
Will Obama have to register as a gun dealer?
Obama is the greatest gun salesman in the history of the world.
fuch. no.
sodomite muslim commie sh1tbag.
Because if we do manage to elect a CONSERVATIVE President, there is not a hell of a lot that he can get done if Chuckie Schumer is the Senate Majority Leader.
Does he even know how the system works now? You buy a gun from an online dealer, he ships it to your local FFL, and the background check is done when you go to pick it up. I have no doubt there are some shady people with FFL licenses, but that’s another issue.
Stolen
If I were not in CA, where we have registration and all sales thru dealers, how would the gov’t know when a private party sale took place anyway? Stings?
That’s right. He can go back to hell where he belongs.
He is beside himself that he can’t confiscate them.
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