Questions and answers about Obama’s executive plan on guns

“The people that are going to obey them religiously are people like myself who aren’t really affected by them”, Miller said. “Though California law regulates the importation of firearms from out of state, unscrupulous individuals can too easily obtain firearms in neighboring states without a background check and bring those firearms into California”.

An emotional President Obama made a plea Tuesday morning as he announced executive orders aimed at stricter gun laws.

The president struck a combative tone as he came out with plans for expanded background checks and other modest measures that have drawn consternation from gun rights groups, which Obama accused of making Congress their hostage.

The President was introduced to the podium by Mark Barden, the father of a 7-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook elementary shootings of 2012 which killed 20 students and six staff members. And from first graders in Newtown. I’m waiting for President Obama to get serious about going after the lawbreakers.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd criticized Obama’s action and said, in his experience, the overwhelming majority of guns used in crimes are not purchased at a gun show.

Donovan, the Obama supporter, said better gun laws will save lives. “It won’t happen during this Congress. It won’t happen during my presidency”. If you’re not sure, you can contact the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. And 2,452 were first sold in Arizona, Nevada and Texas.

The owner of one of the nation’s largest gun shows isn’t clear on what President Barack Obama’s gun control measures mean for people who buy and sell firearms. Currently, only federally licensed gun dealers must conduct background checks on buyers.

DeHart said he used to participate in online sales but doesn’t anymore, so the plan won’t affect him. But they might. Obama is right to try – it’s his sworn duty to try – and he’s certainly right to call the bluff of the cavalcade of cowards in Congress, from House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to the most insignificant backbencher, whose do-nothing dithering and incessant excuses are an insult to the victims and their loved ones.

“What the President announced today will not infringe on the rights of law-abiding citizens but will help save lives and improve public safety”, Murphy said. Obama doesn’t want to make firearms illegal. “The ruling is if you are in the business of selling a quantity of guns, you must be licensed”.

How often have supposedly mentally unbalanced shooters opened fire at a meeting of the National Rifle Association? He declined to immediately comment on the specifics on Tuesday. She said a man wearing a veterans cap told her after an event in Osage, Iowa, that he was a gun owner who had no problem with the government acting to keep guns out of risky hands.

Betty Smith agreed with the executive action involving background checks.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch sent a letter Tuesday to Brown and other governors urging more cooperation in providing timely information to the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System and praising the 13 “point of contact” states – including California – where state agencies conduct the federal checks on behalf of sellers. Joe Manchin, a Democrat and gun-owner who co-wrote the bipartisan bill Obama supported in 2013, took issue with the president’s move.

People on both side of the debate say it’s one thing to put a law on paper, and another to put it in to practice.

“Second Amendment rights are important, but there are other rights that we care about as well.” he said.

But the president says he wants to earmark $500 million to mental health care, “We’re gonna do more to help those suffering from mental health get the help that they need, so…” And some legal experts contend that he is exceeding his rightful prerogatives with these gun-regulation orders.