BREAKING: King Obama to wave his scepter and create new gun purchase background checks

[DigitalDrifter]

We knew this would be coming.

Obama to announce new executive action on guns

CNN)President Barack Obama is expected to announce in the coming days a new executive action with the goal of expanding background checks on gun sales, people familiar with White House planning said.

Described as "imminent," the set of executive actions would fulfill a promise by the President to take further unilateral steps the White House says could help curb gun deaths.

Plans for the action are not yet complete, and those familiar with the process warn that unforeseen circumstances could delay an announcement. But gun control advocates are expecting the new actions to be revealed next week, ahead of Obama's annual State of the Union address, set for January 12.

The White House wouldn't comment directly on the exact timing or content of Obama's executive orders. White House spokesman Eric Schultz said that the President expected a set of recommendations on unilateral action to arrive at the beginning of the year.

He said Obama was "expressing urgency" for a list of steps he can take on his own after high-profile incidents of gun violence at the end of this year.

"It is complicated. That's why it's taken some time for our policy folks, our lawyers, and our expects to work through this and see what's possible," Schultz said.

Gun control advocates and White House officials say the focus remains on the so-called "gun show loophole," which allows certain sellers of guns -- at gun shows and elsewhere -- to avoid conducting background checks before making sales.

Months after the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school massacre that claimed 26 victims, the then-Democratic majority Senate rejected a similar proposal.

Congress would still need to act in order to make background checks fully universal. But advocates and administration lawyers have struck upon a provision in the law that could allow for Obama to expand the background check requirement to additional sellers.

Federal law currently requires all individuals "engaged in the business" of selling guns to obtain a license and conduct background checks on buyers. But others who only make occasional sales or are selling firearms from a personal collection are exempted from the background check requirement.

Gun control advocates say Obama could take action himself by issuing a regulation that provides expanded guidance on who falls under the "in the business" standard.

One group, the Michael Bloomberg-helmed Everytown for Gun Safety, has provided recommendations to the White House that include creating a test for assessing who must become licensed to continue selling guns. Factors would include volume and speed of sales, and whether or not the seller relies on advertising to sell guns.

The group also recommended Obama define a gun in a "personal collection" as having been in the seller's possession for at least a year.

Before leaving for his winter vacation in Hawaii, Obama met with Bloomberg at the White House to discuss gun control.

Aside from the background check provision, people familiar with Obama's plans say his new gun control announcement will include new funding for government agencies to better enforce existing gun laws.



Promoted Stories

Obama to announce new executive action on guns - CNNPolitics.com

 

[PredFan]

Barack Hussein Obama, you miserable disgusting traitor, I will not comply. Go fuck yourself.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Barack Hussein Obama, you miserable disgusting traitor, I will not comply. Go fuck yourself.

The good news is, this lowlife won't be around much longer.

 

[Moonglow]

Just what are you hiding?
You will need to take a drug test also now...

 

[PredFan]

Barack Hussein Obama, you miserable disgusting traitor, I will not comply. Go fuck yourself.

The good news is, this lowlife won't be around much longer.

A year is much too fucking long for that America hating fucktard.

 

[Rozman]

He has a year left....
I'm sure he's going to make the most of it with his pen and phone....

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

ODS is a sad form of mental illness.

 

[PredFan]

ODS is a sad form of mental illness.

Jesus! Can't you retards come up with something original, ever?

 

[tinydancer]

Just what are you hiding?
You will need to take a drug test also now...

Yeah that will work in Chicago with the gangs. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Barack Hussein Obama, you miserable disgusting traitor, I will not comply. Go fuck yourself.

The good news is, this lowlife won't be around much longer.

A year is much too fucking long for that America hating fucktard.

Not much we can do, but at least it's heading toward the end of his reign.

 

[Moonglow]

Just what are you hiding?
You will need to take a drug test also now...

Yeah that will work in Chicago with the gangs. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

He is wanting to close the loop hole for gun show dealers...oh my!!!

 

[tinydancer]

ODS is a sad form of mental illness.

Jesus! Can't you retards come up with something original, ever?

No they can't and the players that are being paid are becoming more obvious than ever.

 

[WildBillKelsoe]

Just what are you hiding?
You will need to take a drug test also now...

Yeah that will work in Chicago with the gangs. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

He is wanting to close the loop hole for gun show dealers...oh my!!!

There is no loophole. Y'all need to stop saying that.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Wonder what other decree we'll be seeing in his last 12 months ?

 

[theDoctorisIn]

ODS is a sad form of mental illness.

Jesus! Can't you retards come up with something original, ever?

"Original" like histrionics over policies that haven't even been announced, calling the president names, and false bravado over how you won't "comply"?

We've never heard that before.

 

[Ame®icano]

They have it in works for some time.

H.R.4269 - Assault Weapons Ban of 2015

 

[rightwinger]

Once again...while Congress flounders

Obama kicks some ass

 

[rightwinger]

Obama has always said that his largest disappointment as President has been the inability of our country to do anything about gun violence

Looks like he is FINALLY doing something

 

[ScienceRocks]

Something does need to be done! I believe it would also be a good idea to fund mental health better.

 

[HenryBHough]

Charlie Chaplain made one hell of an Obama movie - tho he didn't realize at the time he was truly a prophet....