White House to announce new gun control initiatives soon

[hillbilly]

Link to the Huffingtonpost article with quotes from White House spokesman.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/07/obama-unveil-gun-control-reforms_n_892633.html

 

[highlander 5]

Considering the mess that is Operation Fast and Furious I doubt any new gun laws are going to get much traction.

 

[deadin]

Huffington Posts circulation down again??

 

[Johnny_Come_Lately]

This will be interesting.

 

[jeffmack]

How much effect would an executive order have?

 

[RatDrall]

Considering the mess that is Operation Fast and Furious I doubt any new gun laws are going to get much traction.

It's not a law, its an executive order.

Expect them to try to close the "gunshow loophole" and require a background check for any private firearm transfer, and some form of Assault Weapon Ban, or at least a restriction on magazine capacity....

 

[mortablunt]

Well, if any new initiatives or suggested legislation come out, I won't vote for Obama in 2012.

 

[alrutzz]

Well, if any new initiatives or suggested legislation come out, I won't vote for Obama in 2012.

Considering that another election would allow the appointment of one or more justices to the supreme court (tipping the majority from pro 2A to anti-gun), you would have to be brain dead to vote for him anyway.

 

[Sam1911]

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=7428170#post7428170

Yup. So they're talking about it. Still sounds like there's little here to discuss.

Until there's some plan of action (from them or from us) or even some concrete declaration or proposal or legislation to fight, it doesn't appear we know anything new at all.

"Talking about it" may be a codeword for "still a 'third-rail' we won't actually touch, but we're playing to our base" or it may mean, "we're about to launch a nefarious plan." But without something concrete, we're just going to end up circling the old "Obama hates guns" debate a few more laps, and that doesn't get us anywhere.