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Obama May Bypass Congress, Impose 'Order' For Gun Background Checks

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By Greg Richter | Friday, 09 Oct 2015 12:05 PM

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President Barack Obama is considering using an executive order to impose new background-check requirements on people buying guns from high-volume dealers, The Washington Post reports.

The change would require dealers who go over a certain number of sales per year to have a license from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and do background checks people attempting to buy guns from them.

Obama has been unsuccessful with his efforts to toughen gun laws as he deals with a Republican Congress. He signed 23 executive orders in 2013, months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut. He plans the new effort in the wake of the Umpqua Community College killings last week in Oregon.

Obama said last week he asked his administration to see "what kinds of authorities do we have to enforce the laws that we have in place more effectively to keep guns out of the hands of criminals."

Federal law already requires dealers who are "engaged in the business" to perform background checks, but the new executive action would add anyone who sells a significant number of guns per year, according to the Post.

Current law exempts anyone "who makes occasional sales, exchanges, or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby, or who sells all or part of his personal collection of firearms." Friday that the administration has considered 50 or 100 guns a year as the threshold to trigger these requirements, although there's been on final decision.

"This is a super-complicated policy," an administration official familiar with the idea told NBC.

The ATF objects to the action, saying it would be difficult to enforce, and one official told the paper, "Everyone realized it would be hugely politically controversial."

Jennifer Baker, spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association, said the change could "ensnare" people who were not intended to be covered, such as a widow selling her husband's gun collection.

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Permalink Reply by Virginia Foulk on October 26, 2015 at 7:38pm

Who is the real Paul Ryan? subject) Dudley Brown The National Association for Gun Rights is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, single-purpose citizens' organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the Constitutionally protected right-to-keep-and-bear-arms through an aggressive program designed to mobilize public opposition to anti-gun legislation. The National Association for Gun Rights' mailing address is P.O. Box 7002, Fredericksburg, VA 22404. They can be contacted toll-free at 1-877-455-4570. Its web address is www.NationalGunRights.org

Virginia,

Have you heard the praise that radical anti-gun Democrats are giving House Speaker Candidate Paul Ryan (R-WI)?

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says:

“I'm a Paul Ryan fan! … generally speaking we've been able to work with him.” ⁴

When it comes to gun control, I'm afraid Sen. Reid isn't joking.

Gun-grabbers have “worked with” Congressman Paul Ryan in the past.

In fact, Paul Ryan's record of voting with the anti-gun Democrats is MUCH more extensive than originally reported.

In addition to the two anti-gun votes I warned you about last week:

*** Paul Ryan voted FOR government mandated trigger locks and holding gun owners responsible for the criminal activity of others. ⁶

*** Paul Ryan voted AGAINST repealing Washington, D.C.'s complete prohibition on firearms. ⁶

*** Paul Ryan voted for a LIFETIME gun ban on juveniles that would have stripped them of their Second Amendment rights as adults -- as long as they live -- for even minor mistakes. ⁶

*** Paul Ryan even voted to ban gun owners from getting a pawn shop to return their firearm without first registering it through the Brady-NICS database. ⁶

I'm afraid the more that comes out about Congressman Paul Ryan, the more it looks like he would continue John Boehner's anti-gun legacy as Speaker of the House.

Please call your member of Congress.

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Permalink Reply by kathyet on October 27, 2015 at 7:00am

In California, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is currently running a statewide ballot campaign to require background checks for all ammo purchases.

“Why is it that we have background checks for guns but not background checks for ammunition? It makes no sense,” Newsom said recently at a press conference in San Francisco.

“California can set the tone for the rest of the nation with these common-sense public safety provisions,” he said. “We will lead the nation. We’ll be the only state in America that has background checks on point-of-sale purchases of ammunition.”

His proposal would mandate point of sale background checks for all ammunition and also ban magazines with more than a 10-round capacity.

A similar law for ammo background checks is already on the books in New York, but was suspended by the state’s governor in July because of its ineffectiveness.

Newsom says his state will make it work.

“New York tried. California will be the first to do it,” he said. “California will step up and step into this debate in a meaningful way. And I’ll say this to the NRA with all due respect that you can intimidate politicians — we’ve seen them. But you can’t intimidate the public. That’s why we’re bringing this directly to the public.”

Cracking down on ammo sales is a high priority for gun control advocates because ammunition isn’t as ubiquitously protected by the 2nd Amendment as the firearms in which it’s used.

“A focus on ammunition wouldn’t infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. Instead, it would guarantee the protection of those rights — while saving many lives,” a top Brady Campaign official said.

Gun rights groups disagree.

“[Newsom’s] ballot initiative proposal does nothing but prohibit access to the most effective methods for self-defense, with no measurable positive effect on stopping crime or improving public safety,” National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action spokeswoman Amy Hunter said. “They can’t repeal the Second Amendment, so they’re trying to chip away our rights until there is nothing left.”

They can't take your guns, so they're coming for your ammo

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Gun control advocates throughout the country are increasingly urging Democratic lawmakers to pass legislation to make it harder for American gun owners to acquire ammunition for their firearms.