Obama: what is SHAMEFUL IS NOT enforcing already existing laws!

[healthmyths]

A thread titled: "Obama: Inability to get tougher gun laws shameful

Why not just enforce the laws on the books NOW dummy?

1) Enforcing Gun Laws down under Obama..

Despite his calls for greater gun control, including a new assault weapons ban that extends to handguns,
President Obama's administration has turned away from enforcing gun laws, cutting weapons prosecutions some 40 percent since a high of about 11,000 under former President Bush.
Gun prosecutions under Obama down more than 45 percent | WashingtonExaminer.com

 

[LoneLaugher]

Using that colon after the name Obama in your thread title suggests that what comes after it are the president's words.

Get it right.

 

[healthmyths]

Using that colon after the name Obama in your thread title suggests that what comes after it are the president's words.

Get it right.

Please pass that on to the original poster I was making a counterbalance to the thread.
So why is it so important to you to correct the original poster but NOT address the reality that stupid people
calling for more laws when current laws aren't being enforced!

How totally stupid! On your part and on all you idiots obviously ignorant that gun laws aren't being enforced in the first place so what the f...k good will more laws do???

 

[healthmyths]

I'm going to shout :

ENFORCE THE LAWS WE HAVE ALREADY!

The Obama Administration Justice Department is also not strongly enforcing prosecutions of people who falsify information on their gun background checks. The FBI reported 71,000 instances of people lying on their background checks to buy guns in 2009. But the Justice Department prosecuted a mere 77 cases, or a fraction of 1%.

There's no good reason to not enforce this law and prosecute violators. This also has strong support, with 99% of non-NRA member gun owners and 95% of NRA members expressing support for punishing traffickers to the full extent of the law. This is another area where the Obama Administration can "do better."

The irony is that gun rights advocates have argued for years that it's not that more gun laws are needed, but that the existing laws need to be better enforced. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said, "gun-rights activists [have] been saying for years and years [that] the existing laws should be enforced more effectively and proactively." In line with that, the NRA backed the 2007 NICS Improvement Amendments Act that President Bush signed into law.

Gun Control Facts: Existing Gun Laws Would Reduce Crime, But These Are Not Enforced - PolicyMic