Posted on 01/09/2013 7:36:18 PM PST by Kaslin
Vice President Joe Biden is meeting with victims of gun violence today. Speaking with reporters beforehand, Biden said President Obama may use an executive order to push through more gun control and Second Amendment restrictions. More from the Weekly Standard.
"The president is going to act," said Biden, giving some comments to the press before a meeting with victims of gun violence. "There are executives orders, there's executive action that can be taken. We haven't decided what that is yet. But we're compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and the rest of the cabinet members as well as legislative action that we believe is required."
Biden said that this is a moral issue and that "it's critically important that we act."
Biden talked also about taking responsible action. "As the president said, if you're actions result in only saving one life, they're worth taking. But I'm convinced we can affect the well-being of millions of americans and take thousands of people out of harm's way if we act responsibly."
We knew this was coming. The White House has been saying for a month that they are acting "quickly" on new gun control measures. Senator Dianne Feinstein's sweeping new gun control legislation hasn't even been introduced yet and Obama isn't the kind of president who has shown a willingness to wait on Congress.
If Obama pushes through new regulations using executive powers, the process will unfold in different parts. After an order is signed, the Department of Justice led by Attorney General Eric Holder, will be in charge of enforcement through the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. Now, how far the order will go is the big question. You can bet it will ban semi-automatic rifles and large ammunition magazines, but how Obama grandfathers in old, lawfully purchases semi-automatic rifles remains unknown. Will he require citizens who already own these weapons to be fingerprinted as Feinstein's bill requires? Or will he go so far as confiscation as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has suggested? Time will tell.
With union thug cops even in a couple of entire states this will possibly gain some ground and be accepted.
The push back has to come from leaders like governors, senators & reps of the “free states”. No need to name them because if you live in one you already know. We the people need to know that our local leaders have our back.
Bluster and threats....laugh in the Kenyan’s face, and tell him to come and get them!
My understanding is that no executive order can overturn a law or the Constitution. I think this is basically just more BS from 0bama and the ‘Rats trying to scare people that they will take their guns. What a sorry excuse for a president.
F the psy ops. They will lose.
They will lose.
The police and military can not withstand the numbers. Even with air superiority WE THE PEOPLE will prevail. The police and military will not side with The Usurer for very long.
Nope, the House needs to start impeachment proceedings the minute he writes such an EO. Failing to uphold the Constitution as it is written is a violation of his oath of office and is a high crime......
Reichstag moment is coming. I have been thinking this thought all day.
Reichstag moment is coming. I have been thinking this thought all day.
Stick it up your a-hole, Obama!!!
Fools to follow the fools.
What a grand non knee jerk reaction, Clinton day style: a school massacre would yield America to become a terror police state, and this while we are still fighting terror... supposedly.
Ridiculous.
Impeachment is a political act.
Treason is a crime.
Treasonors are subject to arrest.
If he is in fact a citizen at all.
The first person to violate the executive order, will be found not guilty by the first court to get the case. Obama’s edict can’t overrule the constitution or the bill of rights.
What should happen is that, Obama should be brought up on charges of violating the constitutional rights of the American people, all of them.
“Nope, the House needs to start impeachment proceedings the minute he writes such an EO. Failing to uphold the Constitution as it is written is a violation of his oath of office and is a high crime.”
I agree, but wishful thinking for boner and his bozos.
I think we are moving way beyond legislative approach to pull this thing back to the barn.
Black folkes?
Look, they LOVE non informed or stupid murderers... people who randomly kill and need ultimately guidance and being told when to volunteer (Volontold in army parlance), and when not to.
It starts with a black leader teleprompted and voluntold himself.
Intersting Piers Brosman a brit advocates a police state and our disarmament when we fought the Brits with guns for our freedom... nah... only the King knows and he will make fun and little of our constitution.
We are lead by aristocratic idiots.
Sorry, but we have already surrendered. How else would this gang get elected in the first place ? Let alone re elected. For all the bluster, there will be no pushback that amounts to much. A few will be made examples of, that’s it. That a majority voted for this and they talk of changing the constitution at will, and with impunity, tells all we need to know about how far we have fallen. America is gone.
Who would actually carry out that order?
I saw quite a lot of activity in a local ‘hardware’ stare today on the way home from work.
Usually there is a car or two.
The parking lot was FULL and it looked like standing room order inside.
Too bad all my ‘hardware’ was lost in a tragic boating accident.
Marshal Dillon Law just around the corner.
They will just piecemeal a little at a time so they don't cause a revolt.
My facebook post targeting some liberal family members who praise O constantly:
Joe Biden says that the President “will act” through force of Executive Order to curb 2nd Ammendment rights. I’m certainly not surprised, not with this President. Whether or not gun control should be tightened through congressional effort is not a question to be answered by one man who thinks he’s acting in the best interest of the country. We live in a Republic, and although I might protest and disagree at times, our congress makes laws that I have to follow. But, if your 2nd Ammendment rights can be altered or taken away by one person, then nothing at all is sacred. Your 1st Ammendment rights can too be altered or controlled. Your right to assemble in protest of this ridiculous power grab is also at risk. No matter who you are, no matter what your political persuasion, you should be alarmed. If you are a liberal who disagrees, perhaps you wouldn’t mind a so-called right wing Republcan weilding the same power? Perhaps an executive order could ban all abortions, or remove a states ability to make medical marijuana legal. If you can truly say that would be ok with you, I’d say you’d be lying through your teeth. This time, it’s conservatives and law abiding gun owners who are about to get throttled by this president. Next time, it will be you. If you support this Machiavellian ego, when your time comes, I too will be deaf to your objections.
America is not gone. Not in my heart and mind. The Constitution lives as long as I live.
Resistance is victory.
Never EVER surrender. EVER. EVER.
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