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Originally Posted by detbuch
Lot of sense in the article. But it misses the point that Spence brought up that the real goal wasn't to curb mass shootings, but the real goal is to accomplish what they can accomplish.
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it only took 1 sentence to miss it...
but it at least points out the fact that much of the violence that they claim to address in this unleashing of government letters, memorandums, incentives and such... is actually the (un)? intended consequences of 50 plus years of previous letters, memorandums, incentives and progressive attempts to "solve" our society's problems as they progressively debase our culture....
"President Obama took 23 executive actions on Wednesday to curb firearm-related deaths.
That and his proposals to Congress for new gun laws are a necessary response to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn."
if you just read the bold..... "publish a letter"..it's pretty comical.... the rest is just blather and more progressive power grab
The President is announcing that he and the Administration will:
1.
Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.
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.
3.
Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.
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.
5.
Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.
6.
Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.
7.
Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.
8.
Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).
9.
Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.
10.
Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.
11.
Nominate an ATF director.
12.
Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.
13.
Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.
14.
Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.
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.
16.
Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.
17.
Release a letter to health-care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law-enforcement authorities.
18.
Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.
19.
Develop model emergency-response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.
20.
Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental-health services that Medicaid plans must cover.
21.
Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.
22.
Commit to finalizing mental-health-parity regulations.
23.
Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health
he's gonnna need a vacation after he gets done with all of this launching and letter writing