Obama’s gun control orders amount to nothing - a restatement of existing law and common sense

Canada Free Press ^ | 01/05/16 | Robert Laurie

[Sean_Anthony]

....Mostly

For the last few weeks, gun owners and constitutionalists have been wringing their hands, worried that Obama’s executive orders would implement the left-wing wish list of gun control tropes. We heard he was going to ban “large capacity” magazines, or limit sales of so-called “assault weapons.” There were also rumors that he was going to unilaterally strip 2nd Amendment rights based on nebulous watchlists. Two days ago, when he said his orders would be entirely consistent with the Constitution, he tipped his hand. He was going to do none of that.

For the most part, what he did do was restate existing law and focus on a mythical epidemic of unlicensed dealers operating online and at gun shows. Via USA Today:

[central_va]

You can always go black powder and you can buy those with no questions asked. And anyone who thinks a colt model 1861 is a joke well, let them get shot with one and tell us about it.

[Bob434]

I’ve used em- wouldn’t want to defend against a hoem invasion with one of them-

[catnipman]

President Trump has vowed that on his first day in office, he will revoke this EO and every other unconstitutional EO issued by Obama. It would be even better if President Trump simply revoked ALL of Obama’s EOs with Trump Presidential EO #1, and then reissued any that actually might some merit.