Posted on 01/31/2014 7:42:59 AM PST by rktman
Attorney General Eric Holder said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today that President Obama is open to using an executive action to push through gun-control and/or associated mental health measures that haven’t found approval in Congress.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), one of the top proponents of new gun-control measures in Congress, noted that Obama only made a “very brief” reference to gun violence in his State of the Union address.
“But I hope, and I hope you will join me in the view that the president remains completely committed to ending gun violence in this country, adopting common sense sensible measures like background checks and mental health initiatives; a ban on straw purchases and illegal trafficking,” Blumenthal said to Holder at the Justice Department oversight hearing.
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***”..background checks and mental health initiatives; a ban on straw purchases and illegal trafficking,”***
Problem solved in 1968.
“Today we begin to disarm the criminal and the careless and the insane. All of our people who are deeply concerned in this country about law and order should hail this day.
- Lyndon Johnson when he signed the 1968 GCA into law.
What he means by banning straw purchases is to ban the people from buying the gun and gifting it to anyone.
You got it.
Oh and straw purchases and illicit trafficing,
wasn’t that what the ATF was doing just recently.
You know that too.
Come and take it.
:-\
Indeed.
I think that comes under States Rights!
Executive orders only has juristiction within agencies of the federal govt, not the general public, state govts or agencies, private or commercial entities or individuals.
Correct.
Those guys are “wannabes” The first time they have one of their buddies brains splattered all over them from a long range shot ,they will rethink what they are doing.
Mental defective who should be disarmed: anyone who voted against Obama. It just stands to reason, comrade.
Real world: any NY resident who ever consulted a mental health professional must turn in his state FOID & surrender his firearms.
It’s come to this.
Yes. But gun confiscation will look a lot like that as well.
On the bright side, look at how many resources it took them to not thoroughly secure one town. I was actually encouraged by that.
Will he use executive action combined with Obamacare to take guns ?
Politicians generally resort to labeling something as a "common sense" when they can't provide any logical justification. "Common sense sensible measures" sounds like something that will make absolutely no sense to anyone but Kool-Aide drinkers/low-information voters.
Government is the greediest, most corrupt and murderous force on Earth.
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A consideration that guided our Founding Fathers.
“Too bad Holder and the rest of the baby killers don’t feel this way about abortion.”
Or Waco.
Or Ruby Ridge.
“Look for a LOT of non-complience.”
I expect most of the illegal gun demands will happen at a couple levels above the consumer.
Only 50K of the estimated 500K affected rifles were registered - I suspect similar ratios in New York and other Commie states.
THAT'S what has them so pissed - non-compliance (by the non-sheep).
“ban on illegal trafficking”
Yeah, you know a little something about that eh AHOLE? ;)
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