“I reject that thinking”, Obama said.
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A more sweeping definition of gun dealers is at the center of the actions.
Background checks for all gun sellers, overturning current exemptions to some online and gun show sellers.
“A pro-gun Congress will legally challenge the actions and stall them as it has done with immigration executive actions”.
Mental Health: Remove barriers that can keep states from reporting and sharing information about people barred from owning guns for mental health reasons, and spend $500 million to increase access to mental health care.
“You simply can’t leave sentencing to local judges if you want to control gun violence on a national level”, O’Reilly said.
Here in New Mexico only federally licensed gun dealers must carry out a background check before selling a gun. “That doesn’t make sense”, Obama said. That person must run a background check before they can release the gun to the buyer.
A California congressman hammered President Obama’s new gun control proposals, calling them “the desperate act of a fading administration” while pointing to other means of preventing gun deaths he says the president is ignoring.
“No matter what President Obama says, his word does not trump the Second Amendment”.
The Obama administration also plans to complete a rule to close another loophole that allows trusts or corporations to purchase sawed-off shotguns, machine guns and similar weapons without background checks.
“I’m really pleased to see that the President is stepping forward and doing what Congress has been unable or unwilling to do for the last many years”, explains State Rep. Kim Norton (DFL) who applauds the Presidents move to take action.
Residents said those behind the triggers of massacres, however, won’t be stopped by the enforcement that has made things more hard for law abiding citizens.
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Potter says since I-594 went into effect, 5,300 private sale background checks have been done that wouldn’t have been accomplished otherwise. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton said she was proud of Obama’s efforts and promised she would safeguard them.
