Obama To Unveil "Multiple Gun Control" Executive Actions Next Week
A month ago, after the mass San Bernardino shooting, we predicted that "the US will see increasingly more escalating "attacks" until ultimately Obama's crackdown on gun sales and possession hits its breaking point and the president's gun confiscation mandate is finally executed."
Without a Democratic majority in Congress, and faced with a GOP that is firmly against any form of gun control measures, Obama has repeatedly warned that he would act on his own. Next week he will do just that, and his "gun confiscation" mandate will get a substantial boost on Monday, when according to the WSJ Obama will meet with US Attorney General Loretta Lynch "to consider measures aimed at reducing gun violence, a conversation that comes as he prepares to announce new executive actions in the coming days."
The president has directed administration officials to explore any steps he could take on guns without lawmakers’ help, and he said in his weekly address that he would sit down with Ms. Lynch on Monday “to discuss our options.”
Once he has Lynch's "blessing", the WSJ adds that Obama "could lay out multiple executive actions as soon as next week, and administration officials have confirmed that recommendations for the president are nearing completion."
White House spokesman Eric Schultz said Mr. Obama asked his team to “scrub existing legal authorities” and assess actions that could be taken administratively.
Why act now?
"I get too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids to sit around and do nothing,” Obama said in the address, which was released Friday morning.
Something tells Obama gets even more letters from supporters of the Second amendment, although their contents may be just slighly more "colorful."
“We know that we can’t stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even one?” Obama added. “What if Congress did something—anything—to protect our kids from gun violence?”
"The president has made clear he’s not satisfied with where we are and expects that work to be completed soon," the White House spokesman added. In other words, it's time for the president to micromanage yet another aspect of daily US lives, because Obamacare turned out so well.
One executive action that will almost certainly be unveiled is the "tightening" of rules for firearms sellers by requiring more of them to be licensed and, as a result, to conduct background checks on buyers.
Anything Obama does unveil will be met with stiff resistance.
Many gun-rights groups already have signaled opposition to new rules for private sellers and an expansion of background checks. And they have questioned whether Mr. Obama has the legal authority to act unilaterally.
Research by the National Rifle Association showed that dating back to the 2007 mass murder at Virginia Tech, none of the high-profile mass shootings has been conducted600 with a firearm bought from a private seller. Adam Lanza is believed to have stolen his mother’s gun after killing her then using it in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
“I don’t think the president has the authority to redefine what a dealer is because that is defined in existing federal statute,” said Dave Workman, senior editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s The Gun Mag. “He can’t snap his fingers and suddenly say to someone who sells a gun at a gun show is now a dealer. That would take congressional action.”
Meanwhile, while the US wait to see what executive orders Obama will implement, at the state level numerous gun-related laws just kicked in starting in the new year.
In Texas, beginning today, adults with the proper permits no longer need to hide the handguns they carry in their shoulder or belt holsters. Proponents of the new open carry law say making guns more visible will deter mass shootings.The bill became law after a spirited debate. A majority of the state's police chiefs opposed it.
"The question is: Does it make sense and is it good judgment to have a bunch of people running around with guns visible? And I think the answer is: Absolutely not," said Chief Art Acevedo of Austin.
While Texas is easing gun regulations, starting Friday in California it will be illegal for holders of concealed carry permits to bring handguns to school campuses. Meanwhile, the city of Albany, New York, will now require owners of firearms to store their guns in a secure container or install trigger locks. Repeat violators could face up to a one-year jail term.
Ironically, instead of implementing executive orders, what Obama should do instead if he wants to make an immediate change, is focus on his home state. According to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago's first homicide of 2016 occurred barely 2 hours into the new year.
Two people were shot in the 4600 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue at about 2 a.m., police said. One of them, a 24-year-old man, reportedly had been arguing with someone who pulled out a gun and shot him in the chest. He was declared dead on the scene.
In the latest homicide, a 36-year-old man was shot in the chest and died at a hospital, said Nicole Trainor, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Police Department. The shooting happened at 6:40 a.m. in the 1900 block of West Garfield Boulevard in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, said Trainor. The victim was driving a sport-utility vehicle westbound on Garfield when he heard shots and realized he’d been wounded, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Police. The 36-year-old was driven to the Artesian Avenue and 55th Street where an ambulance was called and he was taken to Stroger Hospital where he died, Trainor said.
In short, eradicating gun violence in Chicago (and D.C.) would likely do miracles for the average gun homicide rate across all of the US. Which is why it will never happen.
Meanwhile, if Obama wants to truly curb gun ownership at the national level, the solution there is also simple, as the following chart from the NYT reveals:
He should resign.
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How does a gun protect you from a bomb? It cant.
True. However, thousands of men with guns can, after said bomb attack, go in and clean up the bombers, their families, and anybody who looks like them, prays like them, or talks like them. It's happened many times throughout history, where one tribe gets sick of another and cleans house.
It will happen again and Obama's executive orders mean absolutely nothing to me. Their edicts are only as powerful as our willingness to consent. In this particular case it is NIL.
These liberal straw man arguments against personal protection are so easily debunked.
I must own lazy guns.
MY Lazy Gun
Today I swung my front door wide open and placed my Remington 30.06 on the deck rail.
I left six cartridges beside it, then left it alone and went about my business.
While I was gone, the mailman delivered my mail, my neighbor across the street mowed the yard, a girl walked her dog down the street, and quite a few cars stopped at the stop sign near the front of my house.
After about an hour, I checked on the gun. It was still sitting there, right where I had left it.
It hadn't moved itself off the deck rail.
It hadn't killed anyone, even with the numerous opportunities it had presented to do so.
In fact, it hadn't even loaded itself.
You can imagine my surprise, with all the hype by the Left and the Media about how dangerous guns are and how they kill people.
Either the media is wrong or I'm in possession of the laziest gun in the world.
The United States is third in murders throughout the World.
But if you take out just four cities:
Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC and New Orleans, the United States is fourth from the bottom, in the entire world, for murders!
These four Cities also have the toughest Gun Control Laws in the U.S.
And coincidentally, all four of these cities are
CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS.
But it would be absurd to draw any conclusions from this data - correct?
Well, I'm off to check on my spoons.
I hear they're making people fat.
although I like your post please provide references to the research that shows what you're saying is true.
You can watch this video by Bill Whittle which cites the numbers as well. References are present.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELwCqz2JfE
Newspapers and mainstream media are not to be trusted with anything but sports scores. Surprisingly, the government has the data. What people do with it and how it is represented is the question.
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Niggers are violent crime machines.
Here's a source of info claiming to be neutral that cites all references:
http://gunstats.org/
Here's an example of how raw numbers presented can skew people's perception of gun deaths:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-21/presenting-stunning-difference-...
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such well behaved guns, must be due to good parenting. I bet you don't give your guns psychosis inducing drugs like most democrat parents.
+1,000
The federal government has extremely limited jurisdiction within the States of the Union. Why people do not know this is beyond my understanding. any gun control law they pass only is applicable within the federal possessions and Washington DC.
Fascist Fuck!
POTUS, You are about to unleash a sleeping giant. Want to control crime, outlaw Blacks not guns.
He never did take a proper oath to uphold the constitution.
Ya'll been hijacked.
I need all the short positions that everyone in Congress just took out on gun manufacturers for a quick trade.
“We know that we can’t stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even one?”
well, according to my neighbor who's backup gun mgr (primary golf) at local sporting goods store he triples gun sales y/y...
change you can believe in!
This Negro is WWwwaaaaaayyy out of line.
This Mulatto fraud cunt asshole puppet is WWwwaaaaaayyy out of line.
fixed
I got it now. You wont let go of your guns because you are still worried about the British.
Thats uinderstandable because they still think they have control of America through their "special relationship" but we all know its the other way round. Dumb Brits...
All of that crack smoking piece of shit's illegal orders must be disobeyed.
Obola has just began counting his success all being done under the nose of free country haha,except gun shit for the globalist cabal which will gonna be accomplished this 2016 when we see it in light of how other stuff he made it happen like gay right( I am not fan of gays and neither i call them as 'same sex' they are at face value Sodomites ).
Like wise i see no obstacle these bastards unroll for it.
On the other hand the count on USA people is ere,next president can make some 'Terror' false flag drama and can do every one to report what kind of water they have in the day.That is how the control grid is becoming easy for the NWO is progressing.
I see no freedom for future except more control more shit.Damn how money years would it take to destroy what has been erected as sign of freedom? 8 years 2 presidential season.
USA fucked ,we fucked
So irrelevant.
So, the conclusion is that Mr. Oh is a major stock holder in Smith & Wesson?
If anyone has watched "Secrets of the Mexican Drug War" and read the articles here about supplying ISIS, you know that the biggest "dealer" in arms is this administration. Didn't Wayne Madsen report that the Clintons sold arms, during the embargo to Iran?
Here's today's Huffington Post Throne Licking for Fuckbama;
Obama's Hawaiian Holidays Just Keep Getting Better From a polar bear to Michelle's Maui trip with Oprah -- the first family have had some good times in the Aloha State.
As the first family's eighth annual Christmas trip winds down, one thing has become clear: The Obamas are adept at Hawaii vacations.
President Barack Obama and his clan went out for shave ice, had a fancy dinner at Alan Wong's Honolulu, packed in tons of tee time and, of course, showed their appreciation for our troops with their annual Christmas Day visit to the Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
And as they look toward their last year as the first family of the United States, we're starting to feel a little sentimental -- especially when it comes to the Obamas' Hawaiian holidays.
Below, six glorious things that have happened during their's annual trip to Hawaii.
UN-BE-FUCKING-LIEVABLE
It's all for POLITICAL show, he cannot implement anything of meaning, he's shot his wad already.It's just a few items that are already being done, and 95% make ZERO difference.
The moron has no clue he can never stop person to person sales.Private sales and trades at Gun Shows are the only thing he may have any impact on.But, all it takes is me meeting someone who has an item I want or vice versa, and we simply leave the premises and drive a block away, and complete the deal.
DUH!!.
Chicago is not a "no-gun" zone. The Concealed Carry laws that passed in through at the State level effectively ended that.
And just HOW easy is it to get that weapon?.Yep, what I thought, nearly unfrigging possible.
"That may be true for you city people, but see how long it takes to get a cop to show up in a more rural setting. It can take thirty minutes or more."
This is so true, what's even more real is fire a pistol, I mean just a .22LR,and a cop/s will be all over the neighborhood in 5 mins, call them/fire a night, 10-15 maybe.
"America needs to ban all firearms sales immediately. If folks have security issues, simply learn to dial 9-1-1. That's what the police are there for.
God Bless America!
Happy New Year/Snovim Godom (for my Russian readers"
Obviously you know nothing about WHAT( US) POLICE officers duties are, it's NOT to PROTECT the citizens that pay them.The Supreme Court has ruled long ago it's NOT LE's job,or respondibiltiy to keep you alive or protect your life.
It's YOURS.
American hypocrisy knows no bounds. While many accuse congress and government in general of shredding the constitution they themselves do the same. Gun control is anathema to the US Constitution, the 2nd amendment. The founders allow for amendments to change the constitution. The thing to do is amend the constitution, not make a joke of it. Right? Sure if one wants to continue the Constitutional Republic theme.
Ratifying the amendment should be no problem to the PTB,,, after all they illegally ratified the 14th, 16, and 17th and who knows how many others. So, obviously this is just a divide and spread hate and discontent event OR is the Executive trying to become an all powerful dictatorial branch. You see, by giving Executive Orders the status of decrees from a King the President becomes a dictator by default. Using the Constitutional method would not accomplish this.
Therefore what we see is probably a Coup of what's left of the Constitutional government. With no Militia's under State control, no formal resistance can be effected. If the US military goes along with the Pols then a very bloody revolt could take place. If the US military sits it out, like the Soviet Military did, then some meaningful changes may be effected and the Republic "possibly" saved.
The military sitting out a revolt I give 40%. Getting the right kind of people to restore the Republic, assuming a successful revolt,,, I give 10%. Why 10%? Because so many are on government handouts that when they stop,,, a revolt of the revolt will occur.
It'll be a catastrophe no matter how it's played and most likely the end of America...