First, let's not get too political or else this thread will get closed.
Executive orders have recently been in the news. I thought they were rarely used, or to be honest, I thought not much about them at all as they don't pertain to me, I don't think. But recent news stories suggest they are fairly commonplace.
My take from the recent election is that having a president and one legislative branch of one party isn't of much concern as the other legislative branch could just block any legislation from being passed. Or, if the President doesn't like what both legislatures have passed, he can block that. Isn't that a veto?
Now, relative to firearms...
So, does an executive order allow for a president to do whatever he or she wants, bypassing both legislatures? So what's to prevent a generic President B at some point in the future from passing an executive order that bans all handguns, bans all firearms, does not allow for the sale of existing firearms, bans ammunition, or doing whatever or not he or she wants to do that is anti 2A?
I guess I should have paid more attention in 8th Grade social studies. If I understood it all I wouldn't be asking this question.
Also, relative to firearms, let's say President X and legislative branch Y decide to ban handguns, for example, but legislative branch Z decides against it and it doesn't become law. Or, both legislative branches vote on something and it still doesn't get passed, these are all possibilities, the last part about not being passed being a veto by the President blocking both legislatures who might have agreed to abolish the Gun Control Act of 1968, for example, just to create an example.
Executive orders have recently been in the news. I thought they were rarely used, or to be honest, I thought not much about them at all as they don't pertain to me, I don't think. But recent news stories suggest they are fairly commonplace.
My take from the recent election is that having a president and one legislative branch of one party isn't of much concern as the other legislative branch could just block any legislation from being passed. Or, if the President doesn't like what both legislatures have passed, he can block that. Isn't that a veto?
Now, relative to firearms...
So, does an executive order allow for a president to do whatever he or she wants, bypassing both legislatures? So what's to prevent a generic President B at some point in the future from passing an executive order that bans all handguns, bans all firearms, does not allow for the sale of existing firearms, bans ammunition, or doing whatever or not he or she wants to do that is anti 2A?
I guess I should have paid more attention in 8th Grade social studies. If I understood it all I wouldn't be asking this question.
Also, relative to firearms, let's say President X and legislative branch Y decide to ban handguns, for example, but legislative branch Z decides against it and it doesn't become law. Or, both legislative branches vote on something and it still doesn't get passed, these are all possibilities, the last part about not being passed being a veto by the President blocking both legislatures who might have agreed to abolish the Gun Control Act of 1968, for example, just to create an example.
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