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.
I know, and that is the fault of John Boehner. The Democrats must be blackmailing him!
His EO will fail to stop people from getting ammo.
Yup, I plan on being the Mt Everest of inventory.
There, increased the accuracy of the statement...
So tell me what court would allow an executive order to be presented in the prosecution of an individual.
When the most popular gun related items that are being banned from import come to be in short supply - the Mexican Drug cartels can simply add them to the contraband they bring across the border. Cocaine and Marijuana can’t be imported but the cartels do it is massive quantities ... so a new product line is added by the Cartels ... wow Capitalism.
How can a man who could’ve stopped the Boston bombing but allowed it to happen to bolster his DHS ARMY, still be President?
http://stores.polytechparts.com/-strse-template/importban/Page.bok
On May 26, 1994, President Clinton announced the renewal of Most Favored Nation trading status for the People’s Republic of China. At the same time, however, in light of “continuing human rights abuses” in China, he announced certain trading sanctions against that country. One of the sanctions was a ban on the importation of munitions from China.....Customs subsequently advised its field agents that the embargo was effective as of May 28, 1994, and that all permits for importing arms from China had been rendered null and void. On June 27, 1994, BATF advised companies holding permits to import munitions from China that the embargo became effective on May 28 and that their permits were revoked as of that date. Congress subsequently enacted legislation that ameliorated the effect of the ban by providing that it would not be enforced with respect to shipments that, as of May 26, 1994, were in a bonded warehouse or foreign trade zone, in port, or in transit to the United States.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/06/assault.weapons/
During a Rose Garden press briefing with uniformed police officers on hand, President Bill Clinton mentioned two specific weapons, the AK-47s manufactured by Russia, China and other nations, and the Uzi, an Israeli-made weapon. Such weapons, the president said, are not needed for deer hunting or skeet shooting.
Clinton said he was issuing the order based on the finding of a review prepared by the Treasury Department, the parent agency of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
“That is why our administration has concluded that the import of assault weapons that use large-capacity military magazines should be banned,” Clinton said.
The AK-47 and the Uzi, he said, “are military weapons, weapons of war. They were never meant for a day in the country, and they are certainly not meant for a night on the streets. Today, we are working to make sure they stay off our streets.”
As I said, “It sucks, but we have lived through this kind of think before.”
I think it is time to reign in this executive order nonsense.
Constitutional amendment? federal law?
Even judges should be worried since their rulings have no meaning. Eventually why even fund judges since an exective order can override a judicial ruling.
life appointments do not matter if court is closed.
I don't remember any of this and I bet I have a lot of memory-loss company.
We need to be reminded.
On the plus side, this means manufacturing jobs will HUGELY increase in America.
It's a harassment measure.
They may wear different titles, but that's what they are.
I think it was the George Bush I that banned Norinco
Obama has become irrational in his pathological obsession to disarm the American public. How could he be so foolish and short-sighted? Doesn’t he realize that his executive order will severely handicap every police force in the country, many of which are already outgunned by the drug gangs? His executive order will have no effect on the criminal element, because guns & ammo will continue to be illegally imported across the wide-open Mexican border along with the heroin and cocaine. But it will affect not only law-abiding citizens, but America’s police forces as well. This is not the act of a rational leader.
Now I understand why he ordered the Marines to carry unloaded weapons at his last inauguration. A Commander In Chief who fears his own military is a danger to everybody.
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