Posted on 01/14/2013 5:10:08 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Biden: W.H. readies 19 executive actions on guns By: Reid J. Epstein January 14, 2013 06:49 PM EST
The White House has identified 19 executive actions for President Barack Obama to move unilaterally on gun control, Vice President Joe Biden told a group of House Democrats on Monday, the administration’s first definitive statements about its response to last month’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Later this week, Obama will formally announce his proposals to reduce gun violence, which are expected to include renewal of the assault weapons ban, universal background checks and prohibition of high-capacity magazine clips. But Biden, who has been leading Obama’s task force on the response, spent two hours briefing a small group of sympathetic House Democrats on the road ahead in the latest White House outreach to invested groups.
The focus on executive orders is the result of the White House and other Democrats acknowledging the political difficulty of enacting any new gun legislation, a topic Biden did not address in Monday’s meeting.
“It was all focusing on enforcing existing law, administering things like improving the background database, things like that that do not involve a change in the law but enforcing and making sure that the present law is administered as well as possible,” said Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.).
But Biden did indicate that the remains of the Obama campaign apparatus may be activated in the effort.
“He said that this has been a real focus on the policy and that the politics of this issue, that a strategy on the politics of the issue hasn’t been undertaken yet,” Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) told POLITICO. “He did remind us that the campaign infrastructure is still accessible.”
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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.
It will end in a fiery crash.
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Can we ready articles of impeachment on Obama AND Biden?
Look for (1) an all-out assault in the media (today's Pew poll indicating widespread support for gun control was the opening salvo); (2) political threats against states resisting; (3) more posturing that this is "standing up to the NRA" instead of "ignoring citizens' Constitutional rights"; and (4) an immediate legal challenge that will be cast as the NRA defending the interests of the gun industry instead of citizens' rights.
The Dems need to get this put in place and the MSM's reassurance propaganda underway before the 2014 elections. That would be the same reassurance they gave us before that 0bama "respects" the Second Amendment and just as worthless. The Dems need to pay a heavy political price for this and if the current Republican leadership caves, they're done as well.
My tag line:
Your problem is that you refuse to acknowledge we are at a dead end.
Listen very carefully. WE ARE AT A DEAD END. There is no more compromise. No within-system function that will undo what is going on.
Civil war or a national breakup is the inevitable result. Everything else is just wishful rose-colored glasses thinking.
But hey, if you think you can convince demonrats to convict the Kenyan, can I interest you in buying a bridge in New York first?
Well stated.
Let’s wait a little and see if THEY cross that line.
Then we shall see who is with us.
Let there be no mistake about this. This is a declaration of war against freedom loving Americans, and against the Constitution of the United States.
Wait until he appoints two,or three new supremes if you think we’re screwed now. Oh how I admire the “true conservatives” who stayed home and voted for this guy.
Rockerfeller might see the hand writing he is gone, and I think Levin is as well, just getting to old etc. I think if the Tea Party types get real active, it is the mid-terms where we made our gains last time. Low information voters won't go, unless Team Obama uses their Obamaphones to get them out.
But this Firearm's issue in 2014 will have legs as long as Obamacare did in 2010
There is no “successful” way out of our troubles. Period.
I don’t want to be rude, but it didn’t matter. He was
always going to be re-elected. Remember how he said”wait
till after my next election..,more flexible...”
And when pelousy said”heh,heh, mitt romney is never going to be president,okay...”
I don’t think it was just trash talk. They knew the fix was in.
Unhappy times we live in. Sad to see that the country we
love was destroyed from within.
Hear, Hear! Romney was no ace but he sure would have been a heck of alot better than b. hussein obama. Hope all the “purists” who are waiting on the perfect candidate suffer as much as the obama voters. I have NEVER voted for a candidate I thought was perfect. That animal does not exist. Responsible voters always know you take the least destructive. It’s just what adults do when voting.
We are , where We are, DFU
What they should really be looking at is anti-depressent meds the people used. Check out the astonishing list here...
http://ssristories.com/index.php?sort=date&p=school
If you clilck on the “Date” heading, you’ll get them in reverse chronological order. The most recent isn’t even on the list yet.
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