Obama’s gun-control executive action is meaningless posturing

“It is a false notion that I believe is circulated for either political reasons or commercial reasons in order to prevent a coming together among people of goodwill to develop common-sense rules that will make us safer while preserving the Second Amendment”, Mr Obama said.

President Obama’s address was personal, raw and emotional, and that is because it has affected too many citizens.

“Once again, President Obama has made a decision to take divisive, unilateral action rather than work with Congress. The announcement makes it clear that he has little respect for the constitutional rights of gun-owning Americans, and even less respect for our constitutional system of government”.

Among his proposals, President Obama wants to require everyone in the business of selling firearms to have a private license.

On Thursday night, President Barack Obama printed an oped in the New York Times, making an argument for “common sense gun reform”, following a week where he is campaigned for more stringent gun control.

At a time when manufacturers are enjoying soaring profits, they should invest in research to make guns smarter and safer, like developing microstamping for ammunition, which can help trace bullets found at crime scenes to specific guns. Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people.

Mrs Pendleton wanted to know if there was more the government could do to stop trafficking of guns from states with loose gun laws to those with stricter ones.

He said the gun lobby has been “holding Congress hostage”.

Obama led the meeting two days after unveiling a package of executive actions aimed at keeping guns from people who shouldn’t have them.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, referring to the provision of the Constitution that confers the right of individuals to have firearms, said Thursday that Obama “is frustrating the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens”.

“If they can prove background checks actually keep guns from criminals then we’ve got a victor”, said Pennock. These “new” dealers would be required to conduct background checks, which could do more to identify those who are prohibited from buying weapons.

We need to do a better job in enforcing current gun laws, and giving authorities the resources necessary to do that. And censure is a formal rebuke-the strongest possible action that Congress can take toward the president, short of impeachment. Executive orders can not, and should not, stand in place of the Constitution.

Interesting what our Founding Fathers said about guns and rights. NY lives depend on it.