President Barack Obama’s executive order announced Tuesday to crack down on certain gun sales nationwide won’t have much of an affect on licensed gun sellers in the Myrtle Beach area, dealers say.
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U.S. Congressman David Cicilline (D – RI) is applauding the president, but says there is still work to be done.
“The Republicans who control Congress have had all the time in the world to do something about gun violence, but every time Democrats try to get even the smallest reforms passed, the Republicans have flatly refused”, she said.
The study also found that states with the lowest overall gun death rates have lower rates of gun ownership and some of the strongest gun violence prevention laws in the nation.
Invoking the words of Martin Luther King Jr., Obama said, “We need to feel the fierce urgency of now”. “It is our responsibility as leaders to support public safety and put in place commonsense protections to ensure that firearms do not find their way into the hands of those that would turn them against our communities”.
Murphy said it’s his job to convince Congress that it needs to act on gun control. So a better way to look at the move is that it’s narrowing, rather than closing, the loophole.
At the top of the executive orders list is an effort to expand background checks on gun sales.
Lujan Grisham has been especially vocal on gun issues in recent months.
“Our constitution is founded on laws being passed through Congress to make them happen, so when he takes it upon himself to go through an executive order, I think all Americans sort of get on the fences about, well is this constitutional?” said Brown.
Lujan, like his Democratic colleagues said the job is not done.
State Sen. Joseph Silk, who has authored many pro-gun owner rights bills, says there’s a spike in gun sales and permits whenever Obama talks about restrictions. Today’s event also represents an ongoing attempt to distract attention away from his lack of a coherent strategy to keep the American people safe from terrorist attack.
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Other Republican presidential hopefuls took to Twitter and appeared on television to denounce the president’s actions.
