Posted on 06/10/2014 3:03:58 PM PDT by mykroar
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Tuesday that President BarackObama is “always” looking for opportunities to act “unilaterally” again on guns, though he would prefer to work with Congress.
“The president’s goal is to look for opportunities to act administratively, unilaterally using his executive authority to try to make our communities safer,” Earnest said, responding to a question the day that a gunman opened fire at an Oregon high school, killing one student and injuring a teacher. “We’re always looking for those opportunities. But none of those opportunities when they present themselves is going to be an acceptable substitute for robust legislative action.”
Police said the shooter at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Oregon, was later found dead.
After the December 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, Obama took 23 executive actions to restrict guns. However, an Obama-backed bill for stronger background checks for gun purchases could not even get enough support to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.
“There’s no doubt there has been an alarming frequency of tragic incidents of gun violence that are concerning to Democrats and Republicans in Washington but more importantly to people all across the country,” Earnest said. “The question is what can we do to make certain something like this never ever happens again? There are going to be other tragedies. The question I think really facing lawmakers right now is what common sense steps can Democrats and Republicans take to reduce the likelihood of gun violence.”
“And there are some, and they have unfortunately been bottled up in Congress and that is a disappointment to the president,” Earnest continued. “But that’s not going to stop the president from continuing to push for administrative steps that we can take to help reduce gun violence.”
Hehe, yeah...
Like all bullies...
He’s NOT going to get a civil war. That’s what he and Holder want. What he’s going to get is decades of his party - the dumb-o-crats out in the wilderness... It’ll be forever before democrats are trusted again. Even the gullible are catching on...
Democrats are going to be the part of violent black people in the future. They;ll be lucky if they can elect a dog catcher.
That's what he and Holder want. What he's going to get is decades of his party - the dumb-o-crats - stuck out in the wilderness...
It'll be fifty years before democrats are trusted again. Even the gullible are catching on...
Democrats are going to be the party of violent angry black people in the future. Democrats will be lucky if they can elect a dog catcher.
LOL, keep up the gun control mantra in an election year, Obama. They will take it out on YOUR party, you Kenyan twit.
That is why Obama/Holder/Dems want many millions of “gimmie” illegals..to make Dem voters out of. To never lose an election again.
duh?
At least the Repub leadership strongly opposes Amnesty.
Oh wait....
Anyone still wonder what a One Party Dictatorship is like?
And in Calif, the People vote in a law (i.e. no free sh*t for illegals or Marriage is a guy and a gal)...and one “judge” throws out the Peoples’ desires.
Still think the USA is not the USSA?
Compliance with Tyranny is Treason.
Watch and see what happens.
EVERY single simulation of the UNITED STATES ARMY against us civilians, has the Army losing.
Sometimes they last as long as 12 weeks.
I hope you are right Mr Mataz. As Obama’s approval ratings go down, he is stepping on the accelerator. He is going full dicktater. People always like to believe “he wouldn’t go that far”. They would be wrong.
He does everything by creating a cluster_uck and frenzy. So many things happen at once, much behind our backs. Look at this sudden repulsive overflow of these illegal children. That in itself has made immigration almost a moot point.
Watch him because he is back on guns now and threatening rule by executive order. If he does this it will be swift and done on a Friday afternoon. Unless he is reined in, he will finish the US off.
It will take a (Boston) massacre, and/or a battle at (Concord) bridge to ignite. You can bet this particular administration is NOT going to let that happen. Once an event or two like that were go down the same percentage (about 10%) of patriots will roll out. With my foil hat in place I believe that is why the BLM SWAT team backed off.
This might not be true, but it’s the theory I would call a fact...
“...begging for the impeachment process to begin..”
So, I respond to Matt Staver that it is a waste of money and effort to impeach this president only to have the Senate not act on it. They will not convict their peer. As Congress exists now, the House must act to prevent Obama’s every move to have any effect, and we know the leadership there is complicit with the progressives, so the money and effort are needed to install tea party types in Congress and not to be wasted anywhere else.
“Remember the LAPD hiding out in a parking garage because one guy Dorn was threatening to kill them?”
And I remember the LAPD of D. Gates smoking their tires off exiting the flashpoint of the RK riots.
We’re fighting back... we got a political win against amnesty last night. Keep the faith...
Yes and lets not forget the memorable sight of the BLM turning tail and running in the face of a bunch of ex combat vets with the same sophisticated weaponry that they had. I notice for all the bravado they have not come back either.
So for all you freepers who are afraid that the cops are going to jackboot 90 million legal gun owners stop worrying. It ain’t gonna happen.
Yep he wants his war.
You're right. In the real world, the past is prologue. For instance, despite all the British outrages of the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and so on—dating from the 1760s, for goodness' sake—most colonists were still just sitting on their tail coats, eating their turnips, drinking their ale, and paying their higher taxes. In 1775! We don't have to read any further in the book to know why the revolt against the British that the dreamers and braggarts talked about didn't happen.
There are things that will never happen. There are also things that aren't happening on my schedule. Anyone who can't imagine the difference should probably get back under the desk.
You mean like Satan repenting, or something less?
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