Friday, April 19, 2013

Obama Expands Gun Checks by Executive Action

  

Well, except for the 3,000 who are killed by abortion each day, but they don't count, just the ones killed by those horrible guns that keep jumping up and killing at random........

Blocked by Congress from expanding gun sale background checks, President Barack Obama is turning to actions within his own power to keep people from buying a gun who are prohibited for mental health reasons.

 Federal law bans certain mentally ill people from purchasing firearms, but not all states are providing data to stop the prohibited sales to the FBI's background check system. A federal review last year found 17 states contributed fewer than 10 mental health records to the database, meaning many deemed by a judge to be a danger still could have access to guns.

The Obama administration was starting a process Friday aimed at removing barriers in health privacy laws that prevent some states from reporting information to the background check system. The action comes two days after the Senate rejected a measure that would have required buyers of firearms online and at gun shows to pass a background check. That's already required for shoppers at licensed gun dealers.

Stung by the defeat, Obama vowed to keep up the fight for the background check expansion but also to do what he could through executive action.

More @ Newsmax

2 comments:

  1. Damn !, that was a disconcerting noise !, I could have sworn I just heard two hundred million bolts racking a round . Yeah , I believe he IS that stupid / arrogant .

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    1. I could have sworn I just heard two hundred million bolts racking a round

      Well, not quite that many since some are always locked and loaded.:)

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