Obama defends forthcoming gun restrictions as constitutional

AOL News ^ | 4/1/16 | Josh Lederman

[Eleutheria5]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama defended his administration's plans to tighten the nation's gun-control restrictions without going through Congress, insisting Monday that the steps he'll announce fall within his legal authority and uphold the constitutional right to own a gun.

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[faithhopecharity]

Lies lies LIES! First, firearms restrictions, licenses, registration, limitations, background checks are all unconstitutional on their face — no matter who in government tries to impose them. Second, any new law has to be written and passed by congress -,not anyone In the White House. Obsma will say or do anything to undermine America , no matter how ridiculous or outrageous it is. The enemy within.

[Logical me]

What does this f-—ing jackass know about the Constitution? Nothing. As America's dictator it is a worthless piece of paper. And the House, Senate, and Supreme Court agrees with him. What a government and they forgot us, the people.

[RandallFlagg]

So, did he already sign it? The guys here at work are telling me he did.

[bk1000]

“But obama found a loophole. Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan.”

Well, you got the “hole” part right, but I might have chosen something other than “loop’.

[PJammers]

1. Background checks for everyone.
2. Every fails the background check.
3. Anyone who currently owns a gun is mentally ill.

Am I close?

[ExGeeEye]

There is only one Constitutional “gun law” in this country, the Second Amendment.

All others fall under the category of “infringements”.

Smart people will only violate unconstitutional gun laws when the consequences of violations are outweighed by the consequences of continuing to obey them— the “getter judged by twelve than carried by six” situation, the one that leads the “violator” to decide he’d rather have to walk out of a jail eventually than risk being unable to walk out of a morgue.

[Bob434]

[[I can’t decide if he’s just jerking our collective chain or if he actually has something concrete in mind.]]

No sir he isn’t kidding one bit

[Bob434]

I think it would be posted here if he did sign it-

[RandallFlagg]

I keep refreshing. We’ll see, I guess.

[RaginRak]

Yeah...the constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

[Prince of Space]

What about states that have passed legislation to ignore further gun restrictions issued by DC?

[ExCTCitizen]

Obama, Go F Yourself..

[ez]

Nowhere have I read what the actual EO is.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The same phony baloney he’s been serving up for years... now about this, too.

[James R. McClure Jr.]

Peace, Eleutheria5,

Any executive order which seeks to act as law is unconstitutional, violating Article 1, Section 1. The federal government has no constitutional authority to interfere in intra-State commerce. Unconstitutional acts do not need to be obeyed. The States must nullify such unconstitutional actions under the Tenth Amendment.

James R. McClure Jr.
Jeffersonian, Anti-Federalist Democrat candidate for IN09

[tanknetter]

The EO gets released tomorrow.

What has happened is that details on the EO provided by the Administration to the press have made it out

[RginTN]

obama never cited directly from the Constitution which shows it isnt Constitutional

[TexasRepublic]

Every Congressman that refuses to publicly oppose Ovomit on this should be voted from office.

[Bob434]

[[1. The federal government has no constitutional authority to interfere in intra-State commerce.]]

They will likely get around it by claiming it is INTER-State commerce potential (IE gun shows where vendors may be allowed from other states)

[RandallFlagg]

I don’t think those would apply to NFA items.
If those states would pass legislation that gives them power over NFA items, that might work due to the 10th amendment.