Well this won't help CBI wait time. Dear Leader threatens Executive Action

[Rooskibar03]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/biden-obama-might-use-executive-order-deal-guns_694984.html


"The president is going to act," said Biden, giving some comments to the press before a meeting with victims of gun violence. "There are executives orders, there's executive action that can be taken. We haven't decided what that is yet. But we're compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and the rest of the cabinet members as well as legislative action that we believe is required."

[jhirsh5280]

Just saw that...typical BHO, why go through congress when I can just sidestep them and do it myself.

[Rooskibar03]

Aww crap. Jim got me by almost 2 hours. Title threw me off.

[Singlestack]

I sense a constitutional crisis coming up - unless the republicans let them just walk all over them.

[loveski]

From what other members have said it seems that an EO can't overturn the 2A. BO only has power over the executive branch and can only enforce already existing laws... Am I wrong? Am I making myself into a complete fool?

[Aloha_Shooter]

An EO can't overturn the 2A but the problem comes from implementation while you are going through the process of proving that the EO is illegal and invalid -- especially if he starts small with EOs seem more benign like a limitation on how many background checks NICS will support per month or slowrolling ATF approvals for licenses.

[CrufflerSteve]

An XO that would stand couldn't flat out overturn the 2nd but it could be darned disruptive. I think it would apply most easily to imports. Bush the 1st did 922(r) and it still irritates peaceable AK & FAL folk. We're not ruffians like you AR people.

I fear that Saiga's might be an endangered brand.

One thing about challenging an XO is that you have to have standing which means you can show harm from it. If Obama does a really broad one there'd be a regular stampede of gun rights and conservative groups filing suit.

[Great-Kazoo]

Aww crap. Jim got me by almost 2 hours. Title threw me off.

It's not a competition dude. But yes i did post FIRST.

[Rooskibar03]

It's not a competition dude. But yes i did post FIRST.

I was more concerned with bring hit with a repost label. Then beating you to the punch.

[speedysst]

I can forsee a "for the safety of the children" ammunition tax...