White House Executive Orders Announced
President Obama picked up his pen and signed new executive orders he says will "Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities (sic)."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pres...tive-actions-reduce-gun-violence-and-make-our
One can only assume he meant it would attempt to make our communities
safer. How has the President made our communities?
1) The ATF is finalizing rules that will redefine "responsible person" in an NFA trust, require that all "responsible persons" undergo background checks, and that the "responsible person's" CLEO will be notified of all NFA trust transfers.
Read the entire rule here:
https://www.atf.gov/file/100896/download
2) The Attorney General has directed all the regional U.S. Attorneys to keep up the good work (sarcasm) of enforcing existing gun laws. The President will also ask for funds in the FY2017 budget for an additional 200 ATF agents.
3) The Social Security Administration will begin reporting "information in the background check system about beneficiaries who are prohibited from possessing a firearm for mental health reasons." Since the Social Security Administration does not adjudicate the mental health of anyone, I'm not sure what information they will provide, but I suspect this will be along the same lines as the VA reporting was a couple of years ago, and anybody who uses Social Security benefits to seek any sort of mental health services will be reported as a prohibited person. (This is only speculation on my part for the moment.)
4) The President will direct the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security to
conduct or sponsor research into smart gun technology.
Gee, I feel safer already.