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GOP congressman threatens impeachment if Obama uses executive action for gun control
The Daily Caller ^ | 5:20 PM 01/14/2013 | Caroline May/Political Reporter

Posted on 01/14/2013 6:09:41 PM PST by Candor7

Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman threatened Monday afternoon that he would file articles of impeachment against President Barack Obama if he institutes gun control measures with an executive order.

Stockman warned that such executive orders would be “unconstitutional” and “infringe on our constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms.”

“I will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary, including but not limited to eliminating funding for implementation, defunding the White House, and even filing articles of impeachment,” Stockman said in a statement.

At his press conference Monday, Obama floated the possibility of using executive action to enact policies aimed at reducing gun violence.

The freshman congressman, who served one term in Congress in the mid-1990s, further labeled the possibility “an existential threat to this nation” because, he said, the purpose of the Second Amendment is to allow the people to protect themselves from tyranny.

“Any proposal to abuse executive power and infringe upon gun rights must be repelled with the stiffest legislative force possible,” he added. “Under no circumstances whatsoever may the government take any action that disarms any peaceable person — much less without due process through an executive declaration without a vote of Congress or a ruling of a court.”

He concluded by claiming that an executive order would be not just “not just an attack on the Constitution,” but also an “attack on Americans.”

“If the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist,” he said.


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KEYWORDS: banglist; executiveorder; guncontrol; impeachment; impeachnow; obamanation; secondamendment; stevestockman; texas; whim
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To: Candor7

41 posted on 01/14/2013 7:47:58 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Crazieman
Pointless posturing. There is no means within the system to undo what is going on anymore.

You got that right. The GOP is worthless as a piece of crap.

42 posted on 01/14/2013 7:55:10 PM PST by Logical me
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To: Candor7

To borrow a phrase from Nike: JUST DO IT!


43 posted on 01/14/2013 8:03:10 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Candor7.


44 posted on 01/14/2013 8:15:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Candor7

I hope he keeps a gun close and is vigilant.


45 posted on 01/14/2013 10:22:47 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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To: LachlanMinnesota
How far will it get with a Senate lead by Democrats that won’t even pass a budget? Starting the process is one thing, but actually having it work is a horse of another color.

Just initiating the process is a humiliation to him and ties up time in both the executive and legislative branches. Any time they spend screwing each other is time they can't spend screwing us. Plus, it runs the LSM all over the place covering for the bastard.

46 posted on 01/14/2013 10:57:40 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Candor7

Even is they could impeach in the House, nothing would come of it in the Senate. Then what?


47 posted on 01/14/2013 11:38:34 PM PST by DangerZone (If the left had their way, all of America would be as safe as Sandy Hook Elementary.)
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To: SaxxonWoods
I think you have it, for the most part. The EOs won't be anything by themselves that would push things over the edge. It'll just make it harder and more expensive to be a legal gun owner.

Infringement, yes, but not so drastic that the vast majority would want to call for impeachment, much less see blood spilled.

I think we are being Alinskied. The rhetoric has gotten so heated that the actual EOs will seem “reasonable”.

Remember, Bush the First EO’d a ban on firearms imports after Stockton. No impeachment followed, no washing the Tree of Liberty with the type O of tyrants.

I've been wrong plenty of times before (thought Zero was toast for re-election) but I'll be flabbergasted if there's anything close to confiscation coming this week in an EO. The anti-gun crowd will just continue to chip away, they won't go for all the marbles at once.

48 posted on 01/15/2013 12:10:21 AM PST by M1911A1
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To: Candor7
He's MY Texan, you can't have him!!

He did good during the Clinton and Reno years, but was booted out for being too right wing. Of course, He's my kinda congressman. Seems he didn't like Waco and the "Jack Booted Thugs".

Now, just like gum on your shoe, he's back and I'm happy. They shuffled the districts around and now he's my guy. Bwhahahah!

49 posted on 01/15/2013 12:12:34 AM PST by chuckles
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To: Crazieman
Uh huh. Who gets to convict? Harry Reid’s senate?

Impeachments of the President are rare. We've only had two in the history of the Republic. And, unfortunately in both cases, the President escaped removal.

That means, an impeachment (requiring a mere majority of the House) is automatically newsworthy ... Question is, could the House GOP prosecute the action sufficiently well to sway public opinion (never mind achieving removal)? Or would they only succeed in blunting the instrument thru over use (third time in history ... MSM yawns ...)?

50 posted on 01/15/2013 12:35:12 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: Candor7

Bttt!


51 posted on 01/15/2013 3:04:29 AM PST by sneakers (Go Sheriff Joe!)
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To: sneakers

...so when will be hear from the other 200-odd Republican congress critters? Hmmm..?


52 posted on 01/15/2013 3:13:39 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Indeed.

Did you see this?

Levin: If Obama sidesteps Congress on debt ceiling, ‘no choice’ but impeachment

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2978177/posts


53 posted on 01/15/2013 3:42:23 AM PST by sneakers (Go Sheriff Joe!)
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To: who knows what evil?

Indeed.

Did you see this?

Levin: If Obama sidesteps Congress on debt ceiling, ‘no choice’ but impeachment

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2978177/posts


54 posted on 01/15/2013 3:43:22 AM PST by sneakers (Go Sheriff Joe!)
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To: sneakers

Sure did. :-)


55 posted on 01/15/2013 3:52:39 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Crazieman
Pointless posturing. There is no means within the system to undo what is going on anymore.

Gee. I guess the Left's message has finally reached your ears. The Silent Majority should just shut the hell up and never be heard from again...

56 posted on 01/15/2013 6:20:02 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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To: trebb

By all means, impeachment should be used against Obama when he uses an EO to overstep his authority, but we need to realize that it will ultimately not end with his removal for office. We need to be ready for what comes after.


57 posted on 01/15/2013 12:52:21 PM PST by DangerZone (If the left had their way, all of America would be as safe as Sandy Hook Elementary.)
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