“I think that there has been a lot of gun violence incidents in that time period that have really opened up a lot of eyes”, she added.
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“We’re not obligated to enforce federal law”.
But Obama’s most powerful emotion on this issue isn’t empathy; as he said, it’s anger. He has defended himself against attacks over his gun votes by pointing out that his rural state, Vermont, has some of the nation’s most lax gun control laws. He’s frustrated that he hasn’t been able to rally political pressure in favour of new regulations.
“The president did as much as he could do with the power he has and this was an inspirational step in the right direction”, Barry Kellman, professor of law and director of the International Weapons Control Center at DePaul, said.
Obama said he will also ask Congress for an additional $500 million to increase access to mental health care.
Lemons said he’s most concerned that the Obama administration is ordering his department to confiscate weapons from people who have obtained them legally, but it doesn’t appear as if the executives action specifically addresses confiscation.
In an effort to curb gun violence in the United States, President Obama unveiled his new executive action that will expand criminal background checks for potential gun buyers as well as implement further restrictions on private gun dealers that require them to get a commercial license.
We have a small minority of people using money from gun manufacturers to buy congressional support to deny legislation that could possibly prevent mass firearm deaths.
A loophole that developed from an original intention to allow owners to pass down machine guns and the like to family members without background checks – abused to a ridiculous extent over the years – will be closed. However, in one recent survey by Quinnipiac University, 89 per cent of Americans favoured more sophisticated background checks. Right not, if you’re not a licensed dealer, you can sell or gift a gun to someone without documenting the transaction.
During tonight’s State of the Union address you can rest assured that you’re going to hear a lot about guns. You have to do it through Congress, with massive support from the American people.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said shortly after the president’s speech that the president’s actions will be challenged in courts and would more than likely be overturned by a Republican president. Over the years, there have been two extensive studies on the issue of gun control and how background checks could potentially help the situation.
Sanders has taken heat from Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on gun control.
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So the president’s fiscal 2017 budget will include funding for 200 additional agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
