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Here is the list with my comments added

1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system. (Umm aren’t they already supposed to do this?)
2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system. (OOPS we forgot to read the bill and see if it contained anything protecting gun rights before we passed it – silly Liberals)
3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system. (Which will summarily be ignored by most states)
4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks. (Categories like CHRISTIAN, REPUBLICAN, CONSERVATIVE, AMERICAN – you know crazy people)
5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun. (Umm Aren’t they supposed to do this already??? Or am I repeating myself)
6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers. (Which will be summarily ignored by all dealer – or am I repeating myself again. )
7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign. (Yes, let’s train those gun owners and ignore the criminals!! That’ll work!)
8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission). (Umm Aren’t they supposed to do this already??? Or am I repeating myself)
9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations. (Umm Aren’t they supposed to do this already??? Or am I repeating myself)
10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement. (Well yes, it is usually smart to release reports if you want people to see them! But, do we really need an executive order to do this?)
11. Nominate an ATF director. (So now the President needs to issue an executive order to make himself do his own frigging job???)
12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations. (Umm Aren’t they supposed to do this already??? Or am I repeating myself)
13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime. (Umm Aren’t they supposed to do this already??? Or am I repeating myself)
14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence. (WHAT AN EPIPHANY!!! Let’s get doctors to research something that is supposed to be the job of LAW ENFORCEMENT!)
15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies. (Another report, and another challenge!!! And we need an executive order to do this?)
16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes. (which patients will summarily ignore and tell their doctors where to stick their questions. I will also tell my doctor to kiss my backside as I walk out never to return.)
17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities. (OOOO another letter – and probably very sternly worded too!!!!)
18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers. (ummmm, maybe HIRING SECURITY GUARDS WITH ACTUAL FIREARMS would be a better idea.)
19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education. (Umm Aren’t they supposed to do this already??? Or am I repeating myself)
20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover. (And yet ANOTHER sternly worded letter!! What brilliance!)
21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges. (wow another stroke of brilliance, let’s actually FINALIZE regulations before we issue them!)
22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations. (wow another stroke of brilliance, let’s actually FINALIZE regulations before we issue them! Or am I repeating myself again)
23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health. (ooo a National Dialogue! That’ll scare those evil criminals!!!)