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Obama made a move on Gun Control
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http://mic.com/articles/131809/a-tearful-obama-announces-new-executive-action-on-gun-control?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=WHFacebook&utm_content=inf_10_285_2&tse_id=INF_de847172fc6249c7ab569fdb5a180d92#.wc56M3E9L
I'm not a fan of Executive Orders being used for something that could be done through Congress but its becoming very clear how unlikely that is.
The executive actions are designed to curb violence from a number of different angles. The most important initiative is the administration's attempt at closing the notorious "gun show loophole": a gap in current law that allows guns to be purchased from private vendors at gun shows and online without the purchaser being subjected to a background check.
"It doesn't matter where you conduct your business: from a store, at gun shows or over the internet. If you're in the business of selling firearms, you must get a license and conduct background checks," the White House said in a statement emailed Monday night, outlining the policy.
The executive actions also call for a $500 million investment to improve access to mental health services, as well as changes to bureaucratic rules that impede the ability of the current national background check system to tap into databases that track people who are banned from obtaining firearms for specific mental health reasons.
Moreover, the White House announced additional funding for enforcing gun laws through the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The FBI will also be overhauling the background check system to make it more efficient and hiring more than 200 new examiners and staff to help manage that process.
Obama was particularly harsh on the gun lobby for devoting extraordinary resources to killing even the most modest reform measures to be considered in Washington in recent years. "The gun lobby might be holding Congress hostage. But they cannot hold America hostage," Obama said.
I'm not a fan of Executive Orders being used for something that could be done through Congress but its becoming very clear how unlikely that is.
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I fucking doubt that
Pro and con are opposites.
So what is the opposite of congress?
"the us doesn't have the highest gun death rate"
"what developed country has more?"
"....wait"
and I could see the realization crossing their face
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I'm sure the Duke of Edinburgh won't mind.
And yet Congress couldn't get it done and a decent part of the country will scream till they are horse about the President for this.
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I mean, it's gun control in the same sense that having a DMV is car control.
He looks pretty swanky in that crown
But muh freedoms
it says 'calls for'
does that mean it's there or does that mean he's asking for it to be approved elsewhere
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If by "oversight" you mean "deliberately baked in exploit that has been steadfastly defended by jackwagons", sure.
Goddammit, America.
I don't think he has the ability to straight up allocate those funds.
Not for lack of trying. The gun interests' lobbying is powerful, and well entrenched in conservative politics.
Trump winning is a persistent nightmare of late.
I'm surprised.
This is my surprised face.
You can tell from my utter lack of reaction.
Clearly, they forgot to mention the "except for Obama" clause they thought was obvious.
Both your avatar and your sig are oddly appropriate reactions to this.
Nah, still too early to call that one.
Nah, I doubt this is going to make that much of a difference.
There are polls out there that suggest a vast majority of Americans want tighter gun control regulations, and odds are those that don't are already so hopelessly ensconced in the GOP's power base they've already committed to whoever wins the Republican nomination.
One of my favorite typo's because now I can picture those people screaming until they turn into horses
I'm not sure how relevant it is to point out that most of the gun manufacturers are owned in other countries.
....would they be screaming, "Neigh"?
what if Presidents could never be re-elected
so they always behaved like they didn't need to win another election
What makes you say that?
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They'd ultimately probably get a lot less done in general. A lot of plans have timelines that exceed a single term, so they'd still have to be pretty worried about making sure their successor wouldn't torpedo their outstanding projects.