Posted on 01/04/2016 12:45:54 PM PST by bryan999
President Obama said Monday that he is âconfidentâ that new gun control measures he will roll out this week through executive order will not violate the Second Amendment.
Obama, speaking to the press before meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, added that he had âgood newsâ: the recommendations from his administration on how to enact new gun control measures would be within his legal authority.
âThe good news is that these are not only recommendations that are well within my legal authority, and the executive branch, but theyâre also ones that the overwhelming majority of the American people, including gun owners, support and believe in,â Obama said. âSo over the next several days weâll be rolling out these initiatives. Weâll be making sure that people have a very clear understanding of what can make a difference and what we can do, although we have to be very clear that this is not going to solve every violent crime in this country.
âItâs not going to prevent every mass shooting. Itâs not going to keep every gun out of the hands of a criminal. It will potentially save lives in this country and spare families the pain and the extraordinary loss that theyâve suffered as a consequence of a firearm being in the hands of the wrong people. Iâm also confident that the recommendations that are being made by my team here are ones that are entirely consistent with the Second Amendment and peopleâs lawful right to bear arms, and we have been very careful recognizing that, although we have a strong tradition of gun ownership in this country, that even those who possess firearms for hunting, for self-protection and for other legitimate reasons want to make sure that the wrong people donât have them for the wrong reasons.â
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Probably as valid a statement as...
"If you like your insurance you can keep your insurance."
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
The Congress is not mentioned in the Second Amendment. The right of the people to keep and bear arms is constitutionally protected (hah!) from infringement by any branch of government.
I was thinking along the lines of “If you like your ebola you can keep your ebola.”
Yep. Looks that way to me, too.
Said with the same confidence “I’m confident there is not one smidgen of corruption in the IRS. Hey! What a dark gas bag.
“Just requiring people to obtain a license and register is a violation of the 2nd amendment.”
The Second Amendment gives all the rights regarding firearms and the Militia to the people, no power to the US government or the states
“I’m confident they won’t...” is ClownPrincenobama code for “they will”. Chronic liars lie...that is what they do. What a pathetic president.
I am confident they won't either because we aren't going to obey them.
Correct second. Punctuation. Taken from original text of the bill of rights. The punctuation is VERY important to the meaning. Dont mean to be...picky?
Article the fourth [Amendment II][4]
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
we’re more confident they will. What part of “shall not be infringed” is ambiguous?
He’s right. He is issuing actions, not orders.
What the Kenyan clown is going to do is release a list of things he wants Congress to do, pass laws and when they don’t play politics.
FU, you would-be dictator.
You've got your bulls#$t laws and I've got mine, Ubama.
Fixed it...
will ... not ... comply ...
And Obamacare will cover 46 million Americans.
I’m confident the Republicans will blather and accomplish nothing. Then they’ll let Obama issue illicit edicts and treat them as if they are legitimate.
If a president can't get one of his pet schemes/scams passed by congress, he cannot just unilaterally ignore the constitution and ram through his bs program.
But King Barack thinks he can. And like everything else he's done, he'll try to do it with guns. With King Barack, the constitution is just something he uses to wipe his a**.
Hmmmm...
It really is hard to imagine a worse anti-American President than this one. Is it even possible without electing Khomeni?
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