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| Obama weighs 19 executive actions on gun control ahead of Wednesday announcement |
| 2013-01-15 |
| President Obama is weighing as many as 19 different gun control measures that he could take without congressional approval, as he prepares to unveil a comprehensive plan on Wednesday to address gun violence amid claims from Republicans that he's overstepping his bounds. The president plans to reveal the details of that plan shortly before noon on Wednesday, joined by children who wrote him letters on the issue, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. Carney stressed that Obama believes a "significant" part of the plan would include congressional action, but declined to specify what actions the president might take via executive order. During the final press conference of his first term, Obama said Monday that he will "vigorously pursue" the recommendations he received from the Vice President Biden-led task force. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 By the way, Outfitters have NO small Primers and NO Bullets, I looked. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-01-15 20:26 |
| #11 Obama's running "Smear" Ads saying "The Republicans are trying to scare you, Saying what's going to happen, DON'T BELIEVE THEM". ON, I'll wait untill you step outside the Law, THEN I'll say BELIEVE HIM. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-01-15 20:24 |
| #10 Might not be without good reason. Drudge is headlining a Magazine Size ban. Which makes no sense and I'm not even sure how that's within his power via Executive Order. |
| Posted by: Charles 2013-01-15 20:22 |
| #9 I have personal knowledge of Customs holding up deliveries as well, Besoeker. The reason given for the hold-up is "more inspections". |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2013-01-15 19:42 |
| #8 Anecdotes from here in the reddest of red states: major city pawn shops that would each typically have dozens of used ARs in stock are sold out (the last fair examples fetched 3-4x the price of a very clean example brought prior to the 2008 election); ammo in many calibers is simply unavailable, larger quantities are sold out (often with no expected restock dates); 30 round AR clips that sold for $10-12 a few months ago are fetching upwards of $75 and are sold out in most shops; etc. Panic buying is definitely an apt description for what's going on here. |
| Posted by: Enver Uloluger9778 2013-01-15 18:07 |
| #7 From some of the gun/shooter/hunter blogs I have been reading, to say there is "panic buying" taking place would be an understatement. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-01-15 16:36 |
| #6 No links Rob, shop owner and distributor telephone conversation only. They are trying desperately to restock shelves, but cannot receive shipments. I am searching the web for further supporting data. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-01-15 16:07 |
| #5 Links, Besoeker? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-01-15 16:02 |
| #4 best gun salesman in the history of the world. Too bad he doesn't get a commission that could be applied against the national debt. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-01-15 15:01 |
| #3 What you may not be hearing about is the wholesalers who have shipments of guns and ammo from overseas who their shipments locked up in Customs warehouses. The US Customs Service is reportedly sitting on the shipments, awaiting guidance from Washington. Gun shop inventories are vanishing and many will soon be out of business. Some retailers have terminated the sale of guns and ammo. I suspect the next shoe to drop will be domestic manufactures of guns and ammo giving it up as well. Welcome to the Police State. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-01-15 14:07 |
| #2 Congress? We don't need no steenkin Congress! |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-01-15 13:56 |
| #1 Well he sure as hell can't talk about the budget or anything else. Besides, keeping guns away from increasingly pissed off Americans is a win for him. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-01-15 13:42 |