Obama takes gun control into his own hands

Do you think the President wants to.is trying to take away your guns?

Last year, eight health bodies urged lawmakers not to pass such legislation, stating that the move would only stigmatise mental illness for little gain – less than 5 per cent of violent gun crime is committed by people with mental illness.

The legislative measure, which was introduced by Republican lawmakers, prohibits state and local governments from using financial resources to implement any presidential executive order, federal agency policy or U.S. Supreme Court opinion that “is not in pursuance of the Constitution”.

The issue of gun control has sharply divided the American public.

Additional measures will include boosting gun safety technology and requiring firearms dealers to report lost or stolen weapons immediately. “That just makes sense”, O’Reilly said. White House officials said their primary interest is to go after for-profit dealers who are posing as hobbyists or one-time sellers when they are in fact “engaged in the business” of selling guns.

The White House also put sellers on notice that the administration planned to strengthen enforcement – including deploying 230 new examiners the Federal Bureau of Investigation will hire to process background checks.

“High-profile mass shootings tend to shine a light on those few mentally unstable people who inflict harm on others, but the truth is that almost two-in-three gun deaths are from suicides, so a lot our work is to prevent people from hurting themselves”, Obama said in a televised speech about the orders. He’s going after people who sell guns on a regular basis that don’t have a license. “Do you think they’re going to rob the bank downtown with the armed guard in front of it or do you think they’re going to rob the Selco on Highway 20 because there’s no one standing with a gun?” “Support the protection of your Second Amendment rights!”

President Obama will be in Virginia today for a town hall on guns in America.

He also wanted to calm fears that this wasn’t a gun seizure.