First he announces ominously that he doesn't need to wait for Congress to take action on guns because he can take action all by himself through executive order.
Then he says nothing while 2nd Amendment absolutists proclaim that he is about to become a dictator and confiscate everyone's guns.
Then he issues a lukewarm porridge of dopey executive orders that arguably ARE within the scope of executive power.
The Executive orders won't actually accomplish anything, but the gun rights lobby looks shrill for all of their chicken little screaming.
The President is announcing that he and the Administration will:
1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.
Share information they already have.
2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.
"Unnecessary" legal barriers? Nice weasel wording. How do you argue against that?
3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.
More information sharing
4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.
In other words, do his job.
5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.
More database nonsense.
6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.
Send a letter about doing already legal background checks. Wow, that's tough!.
7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.
Just say "No!" to letting your gun get stolen!
8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).
Do a study!!!
9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.
Do something they can already do!
10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.
Spread a report!!!
11. Nominate an ATF director.
Do his job!!!
12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.
More training for government workers!
13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.
Whatever that means!!!
14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.
Do a study to find out what happens when you pull a trigger!!!
15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.
Publish a report on gun safety - and challenge the NRA to do something they already do!!!!
16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.
Also, clarify that the ACA does not prohibit doctors from asking patients about their favorite sports teams, or if they are ass men or breast men, or what they think about strawman executive orders.
17. Release a letter to health-care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law-enforcement authorities.
Hey, doc! You are allowed to report threats of violence to the cops! Just in case you were wondering.
18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.
Whatever that means!
19. Develop model emergency-response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.
Teach people how to run for cover!
20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental-health services that Medicaid plans must cover.
Another fucking letter!!!
21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.
WTF???
22. Commit to finalizing mental-health-parity regulations.
Do their jobs? Your guess is as good as mine.
23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.
More talking heads on TV!!! Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
