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Posted on 01/16/2013 1:57:43 PM PST by SampleMan
The following is a list, provided by the White House, of executive actions President Obama plans to take to address gun violence.
- Followed by my observations on their relevance.
1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.
- Why aren’t they already doing this? And are you including illegal aliens, because something tells me you aren’t.
2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.
- Must be talking about Federally mandated COBRA laws, that have made it a felony to do just that.
3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.
- Has this really been a problem? Any high profile crimes where this was a factor?
4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.
- Why aren’t they already doing this? Or do they mean to define all “bitter clingers” as dangerous? Again, I’m wondering about those illegal aliens, is the Fed finally going to make that information available to law enforcement?
5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.
- And why would seized guns be returned, Oh yea, because the charge, arrest, etc. was invalid, or the person was found to be innocent. Again, has this been a problem?
6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.
- Private sellers? What does that mean? A private seller doesn’t go through an FFL dealer. What is being proposed here?
7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.
- The NRA already does this. But I presume that the Federal gov. will define “responsible” as "not at all".
8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).
- I’ve never seen a single story about a malfunctioning gun lock or safe. Is that really a problem?
9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.
- Once again, why aren’t they already doing this? And will this apply to Federal gun running, as in Fast and Furious?
10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.
- And again, why aren’t they already doing this? Will the owners get their stolen guns back?????
11. Nominate an ATF director.
-Nobody is running the ATF? Really? Well that explains a lot.
12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.
- That would appear to be a state and local responsibility, but if the Federal Government has more money than it can currently spend without running into something like a debt ceiling, then well by all means, throw some money at the problem.
13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.
- Why aren’t they already doing this? I’m guessing that there will be more of the former than the latter, in the form of harassing legal gun owners.
14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.
- Gun violence is a disease? Really? Let me guess, they will find that countries without personal rights have fewer firearm deaths, but they won’t mention the massively higher rates of rape, assault, and forced entry in those same countries.
15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.
- Here are a couple of hints: don’t point the muzzle at anything you aren’t OK killing, and don’t leave guns where witless individuals will play with them.
16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.
- You mean the Affordable Care Act that has increased taxes and insurance rates? Well, I’m OK with MDs asking about guns and other weapons when it has a medical purpose, such as a patient with mental illness, just as long as the MD isn’t required to ask and patients are required to respond.
17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.
- If the Feds hadn’t prosecuted so many health care providers for just such actions, based on Federal COBRA laws, perhaps this would be a non-issue, as it was before COBRA laws.
18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.
- Again, that would appear to be a state and local responsibility, but if the Federal Government has more money than it can currently spend without running into something like a debt ceiling, then well by all means, throw some money at the problem.
19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.
- Great. I thought that is what the Feds did after Columbine and after 9-11. Isn’t that what all of the military equipment and training that is flowing from the Federal government to local PDs was all about?
20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.
- Again, that would appear to be a state and local responsibility, but if the Federal Government has more money than it can currently spend without running into something like a debt ceiling, then well by all means, throw some money at the problem….Oh wait, that is an unfunded mandate isn’t it? Ah yes. You get the credit, and the states get the bill.
21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.
- It would help if ACA (Obama Care) exchanges had any guidelines at all, but you have never found the time to tell the states exactly what the requirements are, which is why only a handful of states have even bothered setting these exchanges up.
22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.
- I thought we were going to find out what was in Obamacare after it was passed. I guess “after” is still an open ended time frame.
23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.
- Are “National Dialogues” anything like “Listening Tours” and “Town Hall Meetings”, if so, please don’t bother.
“15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies. “
Isn’t it likely that the private sector developed these innovative safety technologies in the first place?
Also, is it just me, or is the the Attorney General involved in too many of these “directives”?
You’re correct. Medical databases are collecting all sort of information. However I don’t believe it should be illegal for my doctor to ask, not should I be penalized in any way for refusing to answer. And no, can’t control your wife and kids, only educate them.
Thanks for your concern, but I believe that to be a “federal agent” one must be employed by the feds, or be a contractor for the feds. Someone who simply reports information to them - like an accountant or a doctor - is not a federal agent. If so, then every employer in the country would be a federal agent by dint of reporting their employees’ wages to the IRS.
Anyhow, I will not disclose the ownership of any item of my property to any person who does not have a need to know - with ME being the person who determines the “need to know.”
All noise no real action, all feel good and propaganda.
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Buhahahahahaha!
Next thing you know the pompous a$$ will be playing doctor with ‘em.It makes my skin crawl to see this fascist POS around children.
It’s even worse. They can make you wait till they run a background check. (see exec order #5 above) Notice there is no time frame mentioned so this could take several days.
Interesting hug for that child by obama.
I remember seeing GW Bush hug a child and he got down on one knee and embraced the kids with a real hug.
I can't wait till one or more of them asks me if I own a firearm.
Leni
I’m OK with MD’s talking about guns as long as its pertinent, and I think it often is. For example, asking the elderly wife of an Alzeimer’s patient if all of the firearms accounted for, and to think real hard whether she’s accounted for all of them.
Having said that, I think firearms fall into a general categorey of dangers to be addressed, but there is no reason for an MD to document whether you own a firearm or not. I remember getting pamphlets home from the pediatrician addressing swimming pool safety, and I didn’t own a pool. I firearms would be a natural part of any child safety brochure. I’m sure the NRA would provide one if asked.
A particularly obnoxious MD that wants to share their Leftist views on firearms can be quickly dismissed with, “Excuse me, but I’m not here for a lesson in socialism, I just want to make use of your medical skills.”
My wife is an ER doc and one of her first questions to an incoming gunshot wound is, “Got any weapons on you?” It helps prevent loaded weapons falling off the cart while moving the patients. She also talks to families of Baker Acted (mentally ill and dangerous) folks, wherein she discusses whether they have access to weapons around the house that perhaps they should secure before the 72hr Baker Act expires.
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Such as a doctor receiving federal payments, especially as Obamacare ramps up and takes over?
It doesn't matter what we believe; it's whatever a federal court decides. It's not a stretch to think a court could decide any health care provider who receives payment from the federal government and is being directed by the federal government to ask questions pertaining to your health is a contractor and thus a federal agent.
Regardless, I wouldn't lie. I'd remind them why I came to their office and suggest we focus on that. If they persist, I'd simply refuse to answer.
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