[Kip Russell]

In other words, Obama is probably trying to make himself look like a king making edicts in the eyes of low-information voters.

In that respect, it's working:

Mayors Against Illegal Guns celebrates the end of imported "Military Grade weapons"

[Amendment10]

Yes, unfortunately low-information voters includes all elected officials who don’t know any more about the federal government’s constitutionally limited powers than the people who elected them.