114 House Democrats Urge Obama to Sidestep Congress for Gun Control
AWR Hawkins25 Nov 20157,596
On November 23 Representative Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
16%
(D-CA-5th) and 113 of his Democrat colleagues submitted a letter urging President Obama to circumvent Congress by using executive action to expand background checks to cover private gun sales.
The letter says:
The Republican leadership in Congress continues to sit on their hands as gun violence becomes America’s new normal,†and asks Obama to simply go away the people’s elected leadership and institute gun control unilaterally…Since Congress won’t step up, the President should. Through executive action he can help keep guns from criminals, domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill. Something needs to be done and since Republicans in Congress can’t even bring themselves to hold a vote, this is the best option to make our country safer and save lives
25 feet to front lobby door
Suspect sitting in chair, gun lying in lap, digging in his pocket