NEVER, EVER have we had such a Dicatator in the United States of America.
Posted on 07/08/2011 5:20:10 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
WASHINGTON (AP) - Six months after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot, the White House is preparing to propose some new steps on gun safety, though they're likely to fall short of the bold measures activists would like to see.
Spokesman Jay Carney said that the new steps would be made public "in the near future." He didn't offer details, but people involved in talks at the Justice Department to craft the new measures said they expected to see something in the next several weeks. Whatever is proposed is not expected to involve legislation or take on major issues, like banning assault weapons, but could include executive action to strengthen the background check system or other steps.
"The president directed the attorney general to form working groups with key stakeholders to identify common-sense measures that would improve American safety and security while fully respecting Second Amendment rights," Carney said Thursday. "That process is well under way at the Department of Justice, with stakeholders on all sides working through these complex issues, and we expect to have some more specific announcements in the near future."
Anti-gun groups have been disappointed to see no action so far from President Barack Obama, who supported tough gun control measures earlier in his career but fell largely silent upon becoming president. Some activists were using the opportunity of the six-month anniversary of the Giffords shooting on Friday to speak up.
The shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., killed six people and wounded more than a dozen others, including Giffords. Two months later, Obama wrote an opinion piece in Giffords' local paper, the Arizona Daily Star, calling for "sound and effective steps" to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, including strengthening background checks. So far the president has done nothing and administration officials have signaled that no major steps should be expected, given the climate in Congress against gun legislation of any kind.
That's not stopping activists from pushing Obama. The group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, headed by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, sent Obama a letter calling him to act.
"To prevent the next Tucson, we need a comprehensive background check system, which is what the president called for in April," said the director of the mayors' group, Mark Glaze. "That said, there are many steps the president can take on his own authority, without new laws, that could make a very real difference."
The group's suggestions included enforcing reporting laws that could have stopped the Tucson shooter from getting a weapon.
Perhaps I am mistaken, but Congress can negate Executive Orders. This one is unnecessary and should be obliterated.
“Fast and Furious” now comes to maturity.
NEVER, EVER have we had such a Dicatator in the United States of America.
Bring it on 0. Go ahead and make all gun transfers go through dealer..oh wait we will just take it...is Sports Center on?
IMPEACH!!!!
Since all the existing gun laws didn't work we can solve the problem by writing newer and tougher gun laws. The sanctity of the laws themselves will ensure that everyone will obey them.
If you cannot see the sarcasm in the above statement you must be a lawyer.
“measures that would improve American safety and security while fully respecting Second Amendment rights”
Excuse me, Mr. Carney? It was the Obama Administration, through Fast and Furious, that gave the Mexican Drug Cartels access to AK47’s and other weapons without the ability to trace or capture these thugs. So it’s obvious to whom were given the full respect of the 2nd Amendment - The Mexican Drug Lords, and their militias.
Executive action, eh? Nice.
How about, uh, NO murdering your own agents? How about NOT arming narco-traffickers...?
How about simply not, “going gangstah”, huh? How’s that for executive action..?
They should be fearless. The Senate will not act, but the House can (and should).
An Impeachment would NOT be a repeat of BJ Clinton. The charges are MUCH more serious. There will be no James Carvile screaming "Thas jus bout SEX SEX SEX!"
Enough Americans who are not minority racist pimps, homosexual activists, and outright Communists now understand who this man is. Act within the Constitution, and Impeach him.
The Senate will look like fools for not acting. Harry Reid will shift in shoes before the cameras.
ABCNBCCBSCNN will go into overdrive, but this time Obama will be caught. Pundits will start talking, about A LOT OF THINGS! That is what makes pundits rich and famous. This time the American people will listen, and Obama and his weak handlers (and boy, are these guys weak) won't be able to sidestep the questions.
The Democrats will either get rid of him, or sabotage him themselves. I am convinced of this.
There are not many "good" Democrats anymore.....no more Hubert Humphrey's or Mo Udall's, but there are a few.
All I am saying is Congress should follow the law, and they will be OK.
Sending 30,000 guns to the narco armies south of the border certainly help. /sarc
Sending 30,000 guns to the narco armies south of the border certainly help. /sarc
Talk about yanking aside the old Irony Curtain!
If Premier Hussein want to address gun safety, he can start over at DOJ and Project Fast and Furious, Gun Runner, Gun Walker, et al.
On the bright side, Fast and Furious is probably the only true “shovel ready” Stimulus Project...(grave-digging shovels, that is...)
Congress has to counter the EO with enough votes to override a veto by Obastard.
EO’s are supposed affect only the executive brance of the federal government. They are not laws.
Obama knows this right??
The same DOJ that spnsored Fast and Furious with our tax dollars? Oh, okay, I can relax.
NOT ON YOUR LIFE.
I believe Reagan signed one of the worst EO’s ever, the 86 full auto ban. So they can do it.
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