Biden says Obama could use executive orders to restrict guns

[lewisipso]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the White House is determined to act quickly to curb gun violence and will explore all avenues - including executive orders that would not require approval by Congress - to try to prevent incidents like last month's massacre at a Connecticut school.
Kicking off a series of meetings on gun violence, Biden said the administration would work with gun-control advocates and gun-rights supporters to build a consensus on restrictions. But he made clear that President Barack Obama is prepared to act on his own if necessary.


http://news.yahoo.com/obama-determined-act-against-gun-violence-biden-164128551.html

Why even have a 2nd Amendment if a President can just executive order around it? This is out of hand.

[pgg]

Not surprising. It has nothing to do with preventing violence. It is only an attempt to create more control over us.

[JLK]

SHALL NOT INFRINGE

[Xiphos]

Why bother with a legislature and courts when the king can rule by fiat?

[lewisipso]

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
EMBARGOED UNTIL THE START OF THE PRESIDENT’S REMARKS
January 16, 2013
Gun Violence Reduction Executive Actions
Today, the President is announcing that he and the Administration will:

1.Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.

2.Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.

3.Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.

4.Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.

5.Propose rule making to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.

6.Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.

7.Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.

8.Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).

9.Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.

10.Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.

11.Nominate an ATF director.

12.Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.

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

14.Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.

15.Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.

16.Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.

17.Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.

18.Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/120650573/...cutive-Actions