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I wonder how many folks have read the executive order Mr. Obama issued. (That is assuming the formal order has actually been issued. The rest of Mr. Obama's executive orders are here: Executive Orders .) From what I can find on the White House website, the provisions of it are as follows:
Provisions of the executive order announced yesterday (some don't seem all that "new" to me):
That woman clearly doesn't care what the 2nd Amendment says. Mr. Obama is not Mrs. Feinstein. Mrs. Feinstein does not speak for or represent everyone who wants to identify and implement one or several tactics to reduce the incidence of gun-related violence in the U.S.
What did Mr. Obama say about the 2nd Amendment? He said,
The weapons Mr. Obama would like to see banned in accordance with an "assault weapons band" are the following:
Provisions of the executive order announced yesterday (some don't seem all that "new" to me):
- Ensure that anyone who is “engaged in the business” of selling firearms is licensed and conducts background checks on their customers.
- A person can be engaged in the business of dealing in firearms regardless of the location in which firearm transactions are conducted.
- A person can be engaged in the business of dealing in firearms regardless of the location in which firearm transactions are conducted.
- Quantity and frequency of sales are relevant indicators. There is no specific threshold number of firearms purchased or sold that triggers the licensure requirement. It is important to note that even a few transactions, when combined with other evidence, can be sufficient to establish that a person is “engaged in the business.” For example, courts have upheld convictions for dealing without a license when as few as two firearms were sold or when only one or two transactions took place, when other factors also were present.
- A person who willfully engages in the business of dealing in firearms without the required license is subject to criminal prosecution and can be sentenced up to five years in prison and fined up to $250,000.
- Dealers are also subject to penalties for failing to conduct background checks before completing a sale.
- A person can be engaged in the business of dealing in firearms regardless of the location in which firearm transactions are conducted.
- Finalize a rule that makes clear that people will no longer be able to avoid background checks by buying NFA guns and other items through a trust or corporation.
- FBI will hire more than 230 additional NICS examiners and other staff members to assist with processing mandatory background checks.
- Improve the NCIS system/background checking process to allow processing background checks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to improve overall response time and improving notification of local authorities when certain prohibited persons unlawfully attempt to purchase a firearm.
- Dedicate $4 million (ATF funding) and additional personnel to enhance the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN).
- Establish the National NIBIN Correlation and Training Center—which will ultimately provide NIBIN matching services at one national location, rather than requiring local police departments to do that work themselves. The Center will provide consistent and capable correlation services, making connections between ballistic crime scene evidence and crime guns locally, regionally, and nationally.
- Licensees shipping a gun must notify law enforcement upon discovery that it was lost or stolen in transit.
- Issue a memo directing every U.S. Attorney’s Office to renew domestic violence outreach efforts.
- Increase access to mental health services to protect the health of children and communities, prevent suicide, and promote mental health as a top priority.
- The Social Security Administration (SSA) will begin the rulemaking process to ensure that appropriate information in its records is reported to NICS. The reporting that SSA, in consultation with the Department of Justice, is expected to require will cover appropriate records of the approximately 75,000 people each year who have a documented mental health issue, receive disability benefits, and are unable to manage those benefits because of their mental impairment, or who have been found by a state or federal court to be legally incompetent.
- Provide a mechanism for people to seek relief from the federal prohibition on possessing a firearm for reasons related to mental health.
- Permit certain HIPAA covered entities to provide to the NICS limited demographic and other necessary information about individuals who are prohibited by Federal law from possessing or receiving a gun for specific mental health reasons.
- Direct the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security to conduct or sponsor research into gun safety technology that would reduce the frequency of accidental discharge or unauthorized use of firearms, and improve the tracing of lost or stolen guns. Within 90 days, these agencies must prepare a report outlining a research-and-development strategy designed to expedite the real-world deployment of such technology for use in practice.
- Review the availability of smart gun technology on a regular basis, and to explore potential ways to further its use and development to more broadly improve gun safety.
- Consult with other agencies that acquire firearms and take appropriate steps to consider whether including such technology in specifications for acquisition of firearms would be consistent with operational needs.
- Who is at risk of having their guns taken away?
At best, folks who have mental illnesses that make them potentially dangerous to themselves or others were they to posses a gun while having that illness(s). - Who is at risk of losing their ability to sell guns?
Folks who fail to comply with existing rules governing the sale of guns.
That woman clearly doesn't care what the 2nd Amendment says. Mr. Obama is not Mrs. Feinstein. Mrs. Feinstein does not speak for or represent everyone who wants to identify and implement one or several tactics to reduce the incidence of gun-related violence in the U.S.
What did Mr. Obama say about the 2nd Amendment? He said,
- In 2008, "I believe in the Second Amendment. I believe in people’s lawful right to bear arms. I will not take your shotgun away. I will not take your rifle away. I won’t take your handgun away."
- In 2011, "Some will say that anything short of the most sweeping anti-gun legislation is a capitulation to the gun lobby. Others will predictably cast any discussion as the opening salvo in a wild-eyed scheme to take away everybody’s guns. And such hyperbole will become the fodder for overheated fundraising letters."
- In 2012, "What I’m trying to do is to get a broader conversation about how do we reduce the violence generally. Part of it is seeing if we can get an assault weapons ban reintroduced.
- In 2013, "We have to enforce the laws we’ve already got, make sure that we’re keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those who are mentally ill."
The weapons Mr. Obama would like to see banned in accordance with an "assault weapons band" are the following:
- All semiautomatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: pistol grip; forward grip; folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; grenade launcher or rocket launcher; barrel shroud; or threaded barrel.
- All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: threaded barrel; second pistol grip; barrel shroud; capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip; or semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.
- All semiautomatic rifles and handguns that have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.
- All semiautomatic shotguns that have a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; pistol grip; fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds; ability to accept a detachable magazine; forward grip; grenade launcher or rocket launcher; or shotgun with a revolving cylinder.