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| Vacation Over, Obama Looking At Ways To Reduce Gun Violence |
| 2016-01-04 |
[HOSTED.AP.ORG] Hawaiian vacation over, President Barack ObamaIf you have a small business, you didn't build that... says he is energized for his final year in office and ready to tackle unfinished business, turning immediate attention to the issue of gun violence. Obama scheduled a meeting Monday with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to discuss a three-month review of what steps he could take to help reduce gun violence. The president is expected to use executive action to strengthen background checks required for gun purchases. Republicans strongly oppose any moves Obama may make, and legal fights seem likely over what critics would view as infringing on their Second Amendment rights. But Obama is committed to an aggressive agenda in 2016 even as public attention shifts to the presidential election. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Vacation Over, Obama Looking At Ways To Reduce Gun Violence Given the track record, my bets are on more gun violence. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-01-04 20:43 |
| #13 The O-Team says they will "re-classify" the criteria that determines a "gun-seller" requiring an FFL. Selective enforcement is one thing. It may be viewed as lawless or dereliction but this proposal is clearly an unconstitutional expansion of the law. Guess what...they know it and don't give a shit. It's because it's yet another phoney-baloney stunt that gives the appearence of action. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2016-01-04 12:06 |
| #12 How about securing the border so there's no more cocaine, heroin and meth in Chicago? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-01-04 12:05 |
| #11 Champ has gone rogue. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-01-04 11:21 |
| #10 Why should anyone listen to a corrupt administration that trafficked in illegal firearms to achieve a leftist political agenda with the intent of disarming the American people? The 2nd Amendment was written to protect the American people exactly from such overreaches. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-01-04 08:53 |
| #9 Rambler, isn't melanin deficiency in combination with a Y chromosome is already a felony? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-01-04 08:49 |
| #8 Quit meddling in people's lives will work for a start. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2016-01-04 08:32 |
| #7 g(r)om, if Obama/Lynch had their way, they would make LEGAL gun possession a capital offense. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2016-01-04 08:16 |
| #6 Strengthening background checks won't amount to anything. Criminals do not voluntarily undergo background checks, only honest people fill out the 4473 and undergo a NICS check. Put criminals behind bars and leave them there. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-01-04 07:03 |
| #5 Make illegal firearm possession a capital offense? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-01-04 04:11 |
| #4 Judge Judy's topical remarks |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-01-04 01:31 |
| #3 Easier to address the effect than the cause. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-01-04 01:18 |
| #2 Why do I get the feeling that simply enforcing existing laws is not on the list? Oh... That's right, it might actually reduce the problem... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-01-04 00:34 |
| #1 Wet behind the ears staffer proposes: "How about an increased police presence and more passive detection of illegal guns held in the inner city where all the violence is occurring?" Everyone turns and looks at him in silence. Boss shakes his head and makes note to begin termination paperwork. After a short lull the real conversation resumes and the usual ideas are barfed back onto the table to be stirred about one more time. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2016-01-04 00:26 |