We can debate what constitutes a "lie" until the Internet shuts down from lack of bandwidth. What the difference is, is usually largely a matter of perspective and then taken to another level by rhetoric. Like, the Republicans were trying to starve the elderly when funds in future budgets weren't increased.
Wrap your head around that - budget cuts given up are often the projected increase, not the actual numbers from last year. And yet the wrangling over what constitutes a cut goes on. Perspective and spin.
As for Obama not doing anything, he largely CAN'T, having Executive Order power is the most overrated thing fearmongers throw up. What he does exercise is authority to direct the agencies that supposedly "protect" our freedoms. Case in point, the recent reversal on the legal use of the SIG brace. It's been entirely Ok for the last two years, businesses have been selling them, the groundwork laid out on what it legal and what isn't. With SHOT Show 2015 scheduled for a Monday start, the ATF puts out a letter reversing all previous determinations on a Friday afternoon when nobody has to answer questions all weekend.
Cheap political stunt. It throws doubt into the legality of buying or possessing the brace, and the ATF knows exactly how many guns and braces are being shown to the buying market at that convention. They did it to stick a wrench into the sales of Braces, and with the recent huge downturn in stamp applications for SBR's, it's obvious that buyers are going the brace route rather than apply for a $200 expense.
That's the kind of cheap politics this Administration IS actively engaged in, saying "nothing is going on" just points out someone has their head in the sand and isn't even trying to be aware. If the stories aren't in the national media, maybe it's time to quit watching the officially sanctioned US news and get tuned into real journalism that discusses facts, not the spin of the day.
As for Operation Choke Point, there were a few gun stores and dealers who have seemingly suffered withdrawal of credit, but that happens every year anyway. The analysis here in threads has pointed out some businesses aren't well managed, and just because you sell guns it doesn't mean you are very good at it. Guns aren't an automatic pass to financial solvency, like any other business you have to buy low, sell high, and pay your employees. The ones in question don't seem to exhibit all the qualities of an ongoing business with great credit - and if you are in the gun business financing a floor plan for merchandise with a bank, I doubt how long you will stay in business.
Operaton Choke Point does seem to be more fearmongering, but then we'd have to debate what constitutes perception of a healthy business. And for some that's not a two way street. It involves thinking rather than rabble rousing to expand their ego.
