Conquer Club

bedub1 wrote:It does not appear that any of the executive orders would have any impact on the guns people currently own-or would like to purchase- and that all proposals regarding limiting the availability of assault weapons or large ammunition clips will be proposed for Congressional action. As such, any potential effort to create a constitutional crisis—or the leveling of charges that the White House has overstepped its executive authority—would hold no validity.

bedub1 wrote:

thegreekdog wrote:

bedub1 wrote:It does not appear that any of the executive orders would have any impact on the guns people currently own-or would like to purchase- and that all proposals regarding limiting the availability of assault weapons or large ammunition clips will be proposed for Congressional action. As such, any potential effort to create a constitutional crisis—or the leveling of charges that the White House has overstepped its executive authority—would hold no validity.

I agree. I would also posit that any potential effort to create the illusion that this will prevent another Sandy Hook would hold no validity.

I agree also. None of these items would have prevented Sandy Hook. But I agree all these things are fine and valid to pass.

The only thing that seems silly is:
16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patientsabout guns in their homes.

Why does your doctor care if you have guns? You should tell him if you handle lead bullets as it can lead to lead poisoning, but owning a gun isn't a health risk.

> 11. Nominate an ATF director. (work assignment due 18 months ago)

> 22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations. (work assignment due 2 years ago)

> 13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.

Gun advocates shrug at Obama’s executive actions

Instead of a firestorm, President Barack Obama’s gun policy executive orders produced little more than a fizzle among gun advocates.

For days leading up to the announcement, conservative websites and media outlets stoked fears of what Obama was planning to do unilaterally. But when he unveiled his proposal Wednesday — even though the list of executive actions had grown from 19 to 23 — he’d stayed so modest that they didn’t do much but shrug.

Instead of a mass gun round-up or finding ways to extend existing gun restrictions through clever legal maneuvering, Obama didn’t even sign a single paper with the dreaded “executive order” label. The closest he got were three “presidential memoranda.”

But most weren’t even that: the remaining 20 were nothing more than less formal instructions he gave to aides or administration officials.

“My first glance of them was, phew, there was nothing horrible in any of them. They actually put some things in there that I talked about during the meeting with the vice president,” said Richard Feldman, a former NRA official

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/g ... 86329.html