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Posted on 04/23/2013 4:17:08 PM PDT by SatinDoll
Over the course of the last month, while Americans were distracted with the threat of nuclear war on the Korean peninsula and the devastation wrought by the Boston bombings, President Obama was quietly working behind the scenes to craft laws and regulations that will further erode the Second Amendment.
Congress, and thus We the People, may have unequivocally rejected federal legislation in March which aimed to outlaw most semi-automatic rifles, restrict magazine capacity, and force national registration, but that didn’t stop the President from ceding regulatory control over firearms importation to the United Nations just two weeks later. What the UN Arms Trade Treaty, passed without media fanfare by 154 counties, would do is to restrict the global trade of, among other things, small arms and light weapons. Opponents of the treaty argue that loopholes within the new international framework for global gun control may make it illegal for Americans to purchase and import firearms manufactured outside of the United States.
To further his gun-grabbing agenda, however, President Obama and his administration didn’t stop there.
Now they’re taking another significant step against Americans’ right to bear arms – and they’re doing it through Presidential Executive Action, a strategy that, once again, bypasses Congressional oversight and the legislative process.
…it appears that the BHO Administration is taking executive action on firearms importation. Take a few minutes to read this: After Senate setback, Obama quietly moving forward with gun regulation. Here is the key portion of the article:
“The Importation of Defense Articles and Defense Services — U.S. Munitions Import List references executive orders, amends ATF regulations and clarifies Attorney General authority “to designate defense articles and defense services as part of the statutory USML for purposes of permanent import controls,” among other clauses specified in heavy legalese requiring commensurate analysis to identify just what the administration’s intentions are. Among the speculations of what this could enable are concerns that importing and International Traffic in Arms Regulations [ITAR] may go forward to reflect key elements within the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.”[Emphasis added.]
Depending on how it is implemented, the implications of this change could be huge. With the stroke a of a pen and without the consent of Congress, ATF bureaucrats could make ANY gun part or accessory (including magazines) or ammunition that were originally manufactured or perhaps even those designed for military use no longer legal for importation for civilian use. That might mean no more milsurp parts sets. No more milsurp magazines. No more milsurp ammo. No more milsurp optics. Perhaps not even spare firing pins. This could be ugly.
I strongly recommend that you stock up on magazines, ammunition and spare parts for any of your imported military pattern guns, as soon as possible! Once an import ban is implemented, prices will skyrocket.
Source: James Rawles’ Survival Blog via The Prepper Website
Just five days ago the President vowed to push forward on gun control without Congress and Nancy Pelosi argued that no matter what Congress says, gun control is inevitable.
This latest round of Executive Actions is what they meant.
A direct on attack on the second amendment is difficult if not impossible, so they are trying to slither their way in through the backdoor by restricting international trade so we can’t import new firearms, by restricting access to accessories and gun parts, by heavily taxing ammunition and gun purchases, by mandating policies like forcing gun owners to have liability insurance, and of course, by identifying potentially dangerous gun owners and simply taking their firearms because of public safety concerns.
The President recently suggested that the American people have spoken, and that they want guns to be restricted, banned and heavily regulated.
If that’s so, then how is that a bipartisan Congress overwhelmingly rejected the President’s bid to restrict and outlaw private ownership of millions of weapons and gun accessories?
Going through the United Nations and now implementing Executive Actions to bypass America’s Constitutionally mandated system of checks and balances is an act of desperation.
Those who would take our rights have been left with no choice but to try and force their agenda upon us through dictatorial means.
Note: title was too long so it was shortened. Should read:
Executive Actions: Obama to Ban Importation of Ammo, Magazines and Gun Accessories Without Congressional Approval
we should ban imported jugg-eared marxists.
ILA/NRA are ready jug ears.
LLS
How the hell can he do that?
Let the petulant child do his thing. There will come a time when he will either regret what he has done or want something.
It sucks, but we have lived through this kind of thing before.
When? My memory isn't what it used to be.
What the illegal immigrant situation teaches us is , that if the group of people who violate the law is large it then becomes a sought after political groups.
He’s an insane communist.
But you already knew that.
executive orders can’t do this. they can’t just create legislation, they are only allowed to be orders for executive agencies. congress can’t allow this.
>>It sucks, but we have lived through this kind of thing before.
When? Not in this country, we haven’t!
Massive unemployment, a government that is importing terrorists and criminals, an uneducated electorate, unpayable national debt, outsourcing of manufacturing, GMO food, feminization of the military, jackbooted thugs kicking down doors, surveillance everywhere, databases, the assault on Christianity, the gaying of our children, etc....
The EOs to keep guns away from us isn’t happening in a vacuum. That marxist POS is attacking us on every side.
Whatever. Magazines are simple to fabricate. I look forward to paying cash for US produced steel mags from private sellers. The surplus ammo will dry up eventually and be replaced by commercial or home produced ammo anyway. What bothers me is, IF he does this it is a step down a very dangerous path, because there is no rational justification for it other than to put the populace at the mercy of federal forces. No other purpose whatsoever.
Looking back over the past 30 years of my work life, I can't remember anyone I knew being unemployed for any significant period of time, except for career changes.
I've been laid off twice in the past four years. Several members of our extended family are unemployed. Several of my friends have been unemployed, and many of my neighbors have been unemployed --some for years. The rate must be at least 15%
The same way that Bush 41 did, right about the time of his tantrum over the NRA's use of the phrase "jack-booted thugs" to describe BATF.
The '68 Gun Control Act gives ATF import/export oversight with regard to guns, ammo and certain accessories. The President really doesn't even need an executive order to do this (though Obama will use one to score political points with his supporters). The controls are already in the law, all he needs to do is call the BATF(E) administrator and direct him to exert the agency's authority in such a way to accomplish his goals.
If this is correct (and Rawles is usually fairly reliable), we've seen the last of the cheap 7.62x39 ammo and AK magazines (just two obvious examples). There might be some shipments already stateside that haven't made it out to retailers yet, but the prices sure won't be going anywhere but up.
King?!? No. Traitor? Yes!
Yes, I already know what BHO2 really is.
Much of this is already in GCA '68.
Congress doesn’t seem to have noticed yet. When they do, maybe something will happen.
Right now some Congress critters are fixated on the lies of Hillary Clinton, others on immigration ‘reform’, and still others on the fast and loose handling of deportations of “person’s of interest”.
John Boehner is an incompetent as Speaker and can’t get his troops in order.
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