Posted on 01/16/2013 1:57:43 PM PST by SampleMan
The following is a list, provided by the White House, of executive actions President Obama plans to take to address gun violence.
- Followed by my observations on their relevance.
1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.
- Why aren’t they already doing this? And are you including illegal aliens, because something tells me you aren’t.
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.
- Must be talking about Federally mandated COBRA laws, that have made it a felony to do just that.
3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.
- Has this really been a problem? Any high profile crimes where this was a factor?
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.
- Why aren’t they already doing this? Or do they mean to define all “bitter clingers” as dangerous? Again, I’m wondering about those illegal aliens, is the Fed finally going to make that information available to law enforcement?
5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.
- And why would seized guns be returned, Oh yea, because the charge, arrest, etc. was invalid, or the person was found to be innocent. Again, has this been a problem?
6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.
- Private sellers? What does that mean? A private seller doesn’t go through an FFL dealer. What is being proposed here?
7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.
- The NRA already does this. But I presume that the Federal gov. will define “responsible” as "not at all".
8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).
- I’ve never seen a single story about a malfunctioning gun lock or safe. Is that really a problem?
9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.
- Once again, why aren’t they already doing this? And will this apply to Federal gun running, as in Fast and Furious?
10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.
- And again, why aren’t they already doing this? Will the owners get their stolen guns back?????
11. Nominate an ATF director.
-Nobody is running the ATF? Really? Well that explains a lot.
12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.
- That would appear to be a state and local responsibility, but if the Federal Government has more money than it can currently spend without running into something like a debt ceiling, then well by all means, throw some money at the problem.
13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.
- Why aren’t they already doing this? I’m guessing that there will be more of the former than the latter, in the form of harassing legal gun owners.
14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.
- Gun violence is a disease? Really? Let me guess, they will find that countries without personal rights have fewer firearm deaths, but they won’t mention the massively higher rates of rape, assault, and forced entry in those same countries.
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.
- Here are a couple of hints: don’t point the muzzle at anything you aren’t OK killing, and don’t leave guns where witless individuals will play with them.
16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.
- You mean the Affordable Care Act that has increased taxes and insurance rates? Well, I’m OK with MDs asking about guns and other weapons when it has a medical purpose, such as a patient with mental illness, just as long as the MD isn’t required to ask and patients are required to respond.
17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.
- If the Feds hadn’t prosecuted so many health care providers for just such actions, based on Federal COBRA laws, perhaps this would be a non-issue, as it was before COBRA laws.
18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.
- Again, that would appear to be a state and local responsibility, but if the Federal Government has more money than it can currently spend without running into something like a debt ceiling, then well by all means, throw some money at the problem.
19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.
- Great. I thought that is what the Feds did after Columbine and after 9-11. Isn’t that what all of the military equipment and training that is flowing from the Federal government to local PDs was all about?
20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.
- Again, that would appear to be a state and local responsibility, but if the Federal Government has more money than it can currently spend without running into something like a debt ceiling, then well by all means, throw some money at the problem….Oh wait, that is an unfunded mandate isn’t it? Ah yes. You get the credit, and the states get the bill.
21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.
- It would help if ACA (Obama Care) exchanges had any guidelines at all, but you have never found the time to tell the states exactly what the requirements are, which is why only a handful of states have even bothered setting these exchanges up.
22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.
- I thought we were going to find out what was in Obamacare after it was passed. I guess “after” is still an open ended time frame.
23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.
- Are “National Dialogues” anything like “Listening Tours” and “Town Hall Meetings”, if so, please don’t bother.
Re: 10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns
It may turn out lots of them lost in the same lake/
Kidding aside, this is good analysis.
Correct, I got it right in the body, but made the mistake in the title. My apologies.
I am shopping for a safe, I prefer one with a mechanical lock for several reasons. The clerk told me if a needed a gun in a hurry the electronic locks were much faster, I told him the one I would need in a hurry wouldn’t be in the safe.
On the surface, this may look/sound worthless so how can anybody oppose to that?
Once Congress approve and made it into law, then we will find out what’s in it. Just wait for it.
10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.
They already have that in place. It is called The National Crime Information Center.
Snip.. About the records: The NCIC database currently consists of 21 files. There are seven property files containing records of stolen articles, boats, guns, license plates, parts, securities, and vehicles. There are 14 persons files, including: Supervised Release; National Sex Offender Registry; Foreign Fugitive; Immigration Violator; Missing Person; Protection Order; Unidentified Person; U.S. Secret Service
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ncic
Ironically the only time I've been shot was by a doctor... (hunting accident).
HIPPA pertains to privacy of health records.
COBRA pertains to the ability for someone to retain health insurance when leaving a company (but having to pay ‘full costs’ of the insurance, not just the employee share that the individual had been paying when with the company.)
HIPPA pertains to privacy of health records.
COBRA pertains to the ability for someone to retain health insurance when leaving a company (but having to pay ‘full costs’ of the insurance, not just the employee share that the individual had been paying when with the company.)
Thank you for the clarification.
Yes but those at the DOJ and BATF aren’t being prosecuted for these offenses. Will they be held responsible for their actions under this new executive order?
Outstanding catch~!!!~~~!!!
No, gov’t gun violence is “free”.
22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.
The ability to now have a government/private mental health weenie decide if you are capable/incapable of owning/operating a gun is the worst. What sane mental health wizard would err on YOUR side rather than say no, he/she is not capable of owning a gun? And if you get angry about it, it supports the diagnosis. Compare this to the child services wingnuts who have waaaay too much power to wreak havoc on someone’s life. This dovetails right into the recent new definitions for classifying nutjobs.
The design of a gun lock and the design of a gun safe can (and are sometimes) defeated by owners who either fail to use them or fail to use the properly or responsibly. But, don't worry, politicians like Obama will keep demanding (again and again) they be redesigned to defeat any and all idiots and negligent owners until those redesigns alone raise the costs to the point people will quit buying guns or gun safes - the intention of all such legislation in the first place (how can we make this "bad" stuff too expensive).
Actually, regardless of the merits of any of the proposals that Obama suggests the federal government do without any new federal legislation, many of them can be done better by the state and local authorities, on their own authority (if it really ought to be done).
“What happens if my doctor asks if I own any guns (he won’t) and I lie and tell him no? Is it now illegal to lie to a doctor?”
I do believe the USSC addressed this issue in its Mack decision. The federal government can’t force anyone into their employ. The docs can tell obuma to stick it where the sun don’t shine. The decision also applies to local governments, counties, states, sheriffs and Indian tribes.
So, how long before we have to get a background check to exercise our right Freedom of Speech? Freedom of Religion?
Personally, I think having a background check to exercise my 2nd Amendment rights is a violation of my 4th Amendment rights!
What have I done that would warrant such a invasion of my privacy?
The devil is in the details and they will hide that.
Obozo is a Lying Commie B_tard and he servest the father-of-lies.
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