Posted on 01/07/2013 7:05:22 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
US president Barack Obama is reportedly considering implementing the most comprehensive gun control measures seen in decades.
US president Barack Obama is reportedly considering implementing the most comprehensive gun control measures seen in decades.
A task force led by vice-president Joe Biden is reportedly considering wide-ranging proposals going well beyond simply reinstating a ban on assault weapons and high capacity ammunition.
The Washington Post reports that a national data base tracking gun sales, mental health checks, and background checks are all on the table.
And in a move that is set to anger opponents of gun control, the taskforce is reportedly looking at measures that can be implemented by the president's order without the approval of Congress.
The White House is understood to want swift action while the public remains outraged over the deaths of 20 children and six adults in the Newtown school shooting in Connecticut last month.
Some reports suggest Mr Obama will have the proposals on his table within weeks.
Democrat congressman Chris Van Hollen says any approach the Obama administration takes must be comprehensive.
"The argument against gun safety provisions is always because it doesn't solve everything we shouldn't do anything and I don't subscribe to that," he said.
"I believe we need a comprehensive approach, we need to look at all the different elements here and just because a particular effort won't prevent something in one particular incident, doesn't mean you shouldn't do anything that might help in other incidents.
"Right now you can be on the terrorist watch list, you can be prevented from boarding an aeroplane, but you can go down the street and buy a semiautomatic assault weapon."
With the new Congress sworn in just days ago, 10 different bills are already on the table dealing with gun laws separate to Mr Obama's working group.
Every FFL in the country has to maintain all sales records. My local gun shop has 20 years worth of 4473s. It would only require that ATF request every last one of them for registration to occur.
BWWWWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (choke) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH (sputter) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (gasp) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (pounds desk) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (turns purpple) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (finally breaths in) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ......
I needed a good laugh today. SCOTUS will do as it's told.
“Right now you can be on the terrorist watch list, you can be
prevented from boarding an aeroplane, but you can go down the
street and buy a semiautomatic assault weapon.”
So much for due process. Whatever happened to giving people a trial before stripping them of rights?
Anger opponents of gun control? How about anger those who think the PRESIDENT must obey the law he is sworn to defend?
All these liberal rags are totally onboard with establishing dictatorship - so long as their godless Marxists are the ones doing it.
Ted Cruz is the only one who comes to mind. I wish I could help him with his speech, his first as a Senator, and make Patrick Henry proud.
Henry was booed with shouts of treason for calling out George III. Imagine if Cruz called out Hussein for his tyrannical acts, from cash for clunkers, nationalization of the auto, student loan industries, illegal appointments, etc. It could be THE spark.
Good catch!
High Capacity Ammunition is known more commonly as MIRVed Ammunition. Each cartridge contains six bullets, each individually targeted. It’s very sophisticated and also known as “mass killer ammo” for its ability to kill six school children with each round if fired from a black rifle. No wonder the good people on the Left demand it be banned!
You learn something new every day!
:^)
I’ve sold nearly all of mine, well, except the few I’ve purchased recently with the funds from the sales of previous ‘tools’. The gunshow last weekend was astonishly busy ... and ARs were nearly tripled in price. Ammo was leaving on hand carts!
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