Posted on 03/17/2011 4:18:43 PM PDT by marktwain
It's good to be king, particularly if you are a president who wants to impose more infringements on that which shall not be infringed, and Congress is disinclined to play along. As President of the United States, that would be (or should be) a problem, because the separation of powers built into the structure of our government splits power among the three branches of government (and no--not Sen. Schumer's "three branches of government"), but for a king who rules by decree, it's as easy as, "Stroke of the pen. Law of the Land. Kinda cool."
According to the Huffington Post's Sam Stein, that's what King Barack the First . . .er, President Obama is looking at now:
Faced with a Congress hostile to even slight restrictions of Second Amendment rights, the Obama administration is exploring potential changes to gun laws that can be secured strictly through executive action, administration officials say.
This will doubtless greatly please New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose Mayors Against Illegal Guns group suggested just such a course of action well over a year ago. Salon magazine also likes the idea, as discussed here back in January:
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Foruneately, Executive Orders are also the easiest damage to undo.
Ooo-rah.
FUBO!
Don’t miss watching this VIDEO where Glenn Beck shows Obama in his own words ON VIDEO about how he intends to disarm America INCLUDING not even allowing hunting.
VIDEO: (Notice the word “GUNS” on his blackboard behind him) http://www.watchglennbeck.com/
“Why should I or the NRA go sit down with a group of people that have spent a lifetime trying to destroy the Second Amendment in the United States?” LaPierre rhetorically asked during an interview with the Times Monday. “It shouldn’t be a dialogue about guns; it really should be a dialogue about dangerous people.”
Bottom line:
But gun control legislation may be the least of the NRA’s concerns. According to one Huffington Post report, the Obama administration is exploring ways to implement new gun control regulations through executive actions, bypassing Congress.
NRA Refuses to Meet With Obama on Gun Control
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nra-refuses-to-meet-with-obama-on-gun-control/
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 5:24pm
On Tuesday, officials at the Justice Department met with gun control advocates, answering President Obama’s call to put aside “stale political debates” to begin “a new discussion” on ways to better enforce and strengthen America’s existing laws in the wake of the Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson. Missing from the dialogue, however, was the National Rifle Association (NRA) who pointedly responded to the president’s invitation: thanks, but no thanks.
“Every single day, America is robbed of more futures. It has awful consequences for our society. And as a society, we have a responsibility to do everything we can to put a stop to it,” Obama wrote in an op-ed published Sunday in the Arizona Daily Star. “Now, like the majority of Americans, I believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. And the courts have settled that as the law of the land. … However, I believe that if common sense prevails, we can get beyond wedge issues and stale political debates to find a sensible, intelligent way to make the United States of America a safer, stronger place.”
In an open letter (pdf) delivered to the White House Monday, Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox, Executive Director of the NRA‘s Institute for Legislative Action criticized Obama’s call for a renewed dialogue on gun control and encouraged him instead to crack down on crime, not gun rights.
“[T]o focus a national dialogue on guns and not criminals or mental health issues misses the point entirely,” LaPierre and Cox wrote. “If you do in fact believe the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right, we suggest you demonstrate that in your policies and those of your Administration, which you have not done to tdate. Simply saying that you support the right to keep and bear arms is mere lip service if not put into action.”
“The government owes its citizens its most vigorous efforts to enforce penalties against those who violate our existing laws,” they continued. “The NRA has members proudly serving in law enforcement agencies at every level. Rank and file law enforcement wan to arrest bad people not harass law-abiding gun owners and retailers.”
(Video: NRA News)
As the gun control debate fires up, the New York Times noted Monday how Obama‘s gun control message attempts to borrow from the NRA’s own rhetoric:
For example, a White House adviser on Monday said Mr. Obama wanted to redefine the gun debate to “focus on the people, not the guns.” The president, in his column, cited the same policy areas Mr. LaPierre mentioned as fertile ground for consensus. And Mr. Obama emphasized, “First, we should begin by enforcing laws that are already on the books” a line long used by the gun lobby.
Mr. Obama’s column in The Arizona Daily Star reflected his continued political caution toward an issue that for decades has polarized the country. In past weeks, aides had suggested he might give a public address expanding on his views about gun safety an option that has now been put aside.
Mr. Obama spoke at a memorial service in Tucson four days after a gunman on Jan. 8 killed six people and wounded 13, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords. But gun safety advocates, including a group of mayors headed by Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, called on Mr. Obama to do more, including endorsing legislation to ban high-capacity magazines like those used in the Arizona attack.
“Why should I or the NRA go sit down with a group of people that have spent a lifetime trying to destroy the Second Amendment in the United States?” LaPierre rhetorically asked during an interview with the Times Monday. “It shouldn’t be a dialogue about guns; it really should be a dialogue about dangerous people.”
Visiting Capitol Hill on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined congressional Democrats in announcing legislation to expand the nation’s gun background check system.
But gun control legislation may be the least of the NRA’s concerns. According to one Huffington Post report, the Obama administration is exploring ways to implement new gun control regulations through executive actions, bypassing Congress.
The Department of Justice held the first in what is expected to be a series of meetings on Tuesday afternoon with a group of stakeholders in the ongoing gun-policy debates. Before the meeting, officials said part of the discussion was expected to center around the White House’s options for shaping policy on its own or through its adjoining agencies and departments on issues ranging from beefing up background checks to encouraging better data-sharing.
Administration officials said talk of executive orders or agency action are among a host of options that President Barack Obama and his advisers are considering. “The purpose of these discussions is to be a productive exchange of good ideas from folks across the spectrum,” one official said. “We think that’s a good place to start.”
“America is robbed of more futures?” That doesn’t even make sense!
He’s talking about all his future lil’ Obama voters gunning each other down in the inner cities.
Now the ‘run’ on ammo and guns around election time doesn’t seem so illogical, does it?
This won’t end until there is universal recognition of American exceptional-ism, and the source of that exceptional-ism, the Constitution of the United States of America, and that portion that clearly states our liberties, The Bill of Rights.
Sadly, it is more likely the Visigoths are at the gate and surrender is imminent.
The only gun decree that he can make via executive order is disarming the FBI, DEA, BATF, etc.
Bump & bookmark
See how long it stands.
did we get a dictator??
Let me be the first to offer Tom there an upgrade...He’s going to need a lot more firepower...
Indeed. Appleseed’s a must for all patriots. Still manage to shoot the AQT in the mid 240s with my trusty SA58 FAL. On a good day.
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