Slappy McGee
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I don't quite understand how EO's are implemented, or what criteria are required for the president to issue an EO versus creating a law through the normal process and therefore have a few questions:
1) I keep hearing presidental candidates asked if they would "reauthorize the AWB." This implies the expired AWB is sitting around, and a stroke of the presidental pen would put it back into effect. Is this actually the case or just a badly worded question?
2) My understanding is that Bush 1.0 created the "import ban" via an EO and it was somehow connected to presidental powers related to foreign trade. Any truth to that correlation?
3) Could the next president impose new firearms regulation via an EO? What would be possible via an EO:
a) A ban on imported ammunition
b) A ban on imported semi-auto rifles or handguns
c) Outright AWB ban
d) Outright semi-auto or complete handgun ban
4) How is an EO repealed? Supreme Court or can a standard law supercede it?
Thanks for any clarification!
1) I keep hearing presidental candidates asked if they would "reauthorize the AWB." This implies the expired AWB is sitting around, and a stroke of the presidental pen would put it back into effect. Is this actually the case or just a badly worded question?
2) My understanding is that Bush 1.0 created the "import ban" via an EO and it was somehow connected to presidental powers related to foreign trade. Any truth to that correlation?
3) Could the next president impose new firearms regulation via an EO? What would be possible via an EO:
a) A ban on imported ammunition
b) A ban on imported semi-auto rifles or handguns
c) Outright AWB ban
d) Outright semi-auto or complete handgun ban
4) How is an EO repealed? Supreme Court or can a standard law supercede it?
Thanks for any clarification!