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Holder Confirms Obama Ready to Use Executive Order on Guns ‘in Absence of Meaningful Action’
PJMedia ^ | 1/29/2014 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 01/31/2014 7:42:59 AM PST by rktman

Attorney General Eric Holder said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today that President Obama is open to using an executive action to push through gun-control and/or associated mental health measures that haven’t found approval in Congress.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), one of the top proponents of new gun-control measures in Congress, noted that Obama only made a “very brief” reference to gun violence in his State of the Union address.

“But I hope, and I hope you will join me in the view that the president remains completely committed to ending gun violence in this country, adopting common sense sensible measures like background checks and mental health initiatives; a ban on straw purchases and illegal trafficking,” Blumenthal said to Holder at the Justice Department oversight hearing.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; commies; dictators; executiveorders; fastandfurious; guncontrol; holder; mentalhealth; obamadictator
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To: rktman

A very credible expert on ammunition supply chains posted some months ago that the weak link in the chain is smokeless black powder.


81 posted on 01/31/2014 9:12:59 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: LyinLibs; All

I’m not suggesting Anas is ‘posing as’ Obama.

I’m saying they’re from the same country and genetically similar, thus they both have STRAIGHT HAIR.

To obtain an ‘afro,’ Obama (Soebarkah) either perms his hair, uses theatrical hairpieces, or has plugs/transplants.

Obama is probably 0% black.


82 posted on 01/31/2014 9:20:38 AM PST by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: rktman

Impeach Obama in 2014. Period.


83 posted on 01/31/2014 9:26:26 AM PST by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: rktman
measures like background checks... a ban on straw purchases and illegal trafficking,” Blumenthal said to Holder

Blumenthal you blooming idiot, those are the laws Holder, 0bama, and the ATF broke during Fast & Furious. What makes you think they will follow any new laws if they won't follow the current laws?

These people want CWII.

5.56mm

84 posted on 01/31/2014 9:35:37 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: rktman

85 posted on 01/31/2014 9:39:54 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Hostage

What’s “smokeless black powder”?


86 posted on 01/31/2014 9:53:35 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Nervous Tick; Salamander
At least Salamander finds you a pretty nervous tic.
87 posted on 01/31/2014 9:53:45 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: rktman
WHY DO THEY WANT OUR GUNS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73SsNFgBO4

AND WHY THEY MUST NEVER GET THEM!

88 posted on 01/31/2014 9:58:23 AM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: Dick Bachert

Sorry, link not working. %#$@$%^


89 posted on 01/31/2014 10:00:33 AM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: Dick Bachert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73SsNFgBO4


90 posted on 01/31/2014 10:02:05 AM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: suijuris

If Obama tried to ban private sales through executive order that Obama order would get nowhere in the courts.


91 posted on 01/31/2014 10:05:59 AM PST by Red Steel
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To: jonrick46

“I think Zer0 should put more energy into curbing gangland activity.”

Best analysis I’ve read in a long time, and as you point out, the government, at all levels, seems ineffective ( or more probably unwilling ) to tackle the problem because it involves hard work and huge pressure on the AA “community.” They need to go at this problem like Elliot Ness did nearly a century ago.


92 posted on 01/31/2014 10:09:29 AM PST by vette6387
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To: null and void; Salamander

I’m gonna ignore the fact that S. has never actually seen my face — or my rear, which is essentially visually interchangeable with my face — and take that as a compliment. :-)


93 posted on 01/31/2014 10:13:23 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: DuncanWaring
The thread that had the expert is from earlier last year and it will be a chore for me to find it but I may have bookmarked it. It was quite detailed. It was evident that the writer had the facts and experience.

Here's a wikipedia link on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokeless_powder

Military commanders had been complaining since the Napoleonic Wars about the problems of giving orders on a battlefield obscured by the smoke of firing. Verbal commands could not be heard above the noise of the guns, and visual signals could not be seen through the thick smoke from the gunpowder used by the guns. Unless there was a strong wind, after a few shots, soldiers using black powder ammunition would have their view obscured by a huge cloud of smoke. Snipers or other concealed shooters were given away by a cloud of smoke over the firing position. Black powder is also corrosive, making cleaning mandatory after every use. Likewise, black powder's tendency to produce severe fouling caused actions to jam and often made reloading difficult.

Here's a youtube video that explains and shows why it's important:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yceuluh_pJE

94 posted on 01/31/2014 10:23:22 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Red Steel
Cant do a link but suggest you go here and check out recent appellate case regarding straw man sales.

http://www.huntingtonnews.net/80415

95 posted on 01/31/2014 10:29:38 AM PST by suijuris
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To: rktman

Ah. “common sense”. Whenever Obama or any of his criminal pals (which encompasses pretty much ALL of his pals) use that, you can be sure that whatever it is, is neither “common” or “sensible”.


96 posted on 01/31/2014 10:33:12 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell x)
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To: Nervous Tick

Lol. I was just thinking of you, after reading those posts ;-)


97 posted on 01/31/2014 10:35:36 AM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Hostage

That’s “smokeless powder”, not “smokeless black powder”.

There’s “smokeless powder”, and “black powder”, but no such thing as “smokeless black powder” (to the best of my knowledge).

Yes, the supply of smokeless powder has been intermittent for about five years now.


98 posted on 01/31/2014 10:53:20 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: jonrick46
I think Zer0 should put more energy into curbing gangland activity.

Likewise it would make more sense for his blushing bride to do so rather than prattling on as she does about diet and exercise.

99 posted on 01/31/2014 10:55:29 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Dick Bachert

Nice job on that video!


100 posted on 01/31/2014 10:56:48 AM PST by JDoutrider
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