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Obama’s 23 Executive Actions

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So here’s the bottom line.  There will be some forms of new gun control coming.  Some of it through executive action and some of it rammed through Congress. Here are the 23 (not 19) actions planned through executive action.  Do I think any of these might have prevented Sandy Hook? Not really.  At the end of the day, stopping another Sandy Hook from happening isn’t a gun control issue.

1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.

2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.

3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.

4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.

5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.

6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.

7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.

8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).

9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.

10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.

11. Nominate an ATF director.

12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.

13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.

14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.

15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.

16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.

17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.

18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.

19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.

20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.

21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.

22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.

23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.

Founding Executive Management Team for Athena Gun Club parts ways with range

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Some of you may already be aware of this but, it seems the Athena Gun Club, a newly built range on Houston’s west side, has already undergone a change in management.  Here is a Facebook statement from former CEO John Boyert…

“To all our loyal fans and supporters,

We are saddened to inform you that the Executive team at Athena has parted ways from the organization as of last week. Many of you have followed our progress from the inception of our idea, through the construction progress, and all the way through our Grand Opening earlier this month. We first want to express our heartfelt thanks to all of you for the support you’ve given us and for making all of our events and milestones so successful.

We founded Athena on the belief that any person from any walk of life, race, gender, or religion is welcome through our doors, whether as an employee or guest, and be treated with the utmost respect. We were extremely proud to hire over 50 employees and that our hiring decisions were based upon finding people with great moral character and a strong work ethic. We were also proud to hire many military and law enforcement veterans and providing them an opportunity to grow and bring leadership values to our organization. Many of you have praised our staff members and we thank you for recognizing their service and abilities.

The reason for our departure is due to a strong difference in opinion with our Board on the direction of the company, our values, and our stance on leadership, staffing, and execution. Because we were unwilling to compromise on our values and key issues in these areas, the Board has demanded our resignation.

While we are disappointed that the Board and new management forced our resignation only a few days after our Grand Opening, we are thankful to you for the support that has and continues to pour in.

Being military combat veterans, service to our country and community is a fundamental part of our identity. We have made many friends and acquaintances through the last several years of developing Athena and look forward to serving our community in other ways again.

Sincerely,
John Boyert & Susan Cho”

But, but, putting ARMED personnel in schools was just “crazy” when the NRA proposed it…

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White House Considers Funding for Cops in Schools.

These people are constantly talking out of both ends.  Having ridiculed Wayne LaPierre for suggesting armed personnel in schools as a deterrent to school shootings, apparently, they have quietly started considering that very thing.

-Gary

Liberals claim to want freedom, so long as your beliefs are the same as theirs…

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Glamour Magazine Editor Says Woman’s Desire for Self Defense “Strange” – Katie Pavlich.

I don’t read Glamour.  My wife doesn’t either, thankfully.  But, I imagine there are a lot of women who do and who also happen to be members of the Independent Women’s Forum.  Well, it seems Glamour magazine only want’s ladies to be concerned with abortion, pop-culture, and fashion.

What am I talking about?  Well it seems that the communications director for the Independent Women’s Forum sent Senior Fellow Anna Rittgets’ following statement to the editor of Glamour Magazine:

I am passionate about the 2nd Amendment, particularly because I’m a mother. I’m a thirty-something year old woman with a 3 year old and a nursing newborn. Without my concealed weapon, I wouldn’t be able to protect myself against an assailant that seeks to do me or my family harm.

Five bullets fired from a .38 revolver weren’t enough for a Georgia mother of two to stop one intruder last week in an unexpected home invasion–what if there had been more intruders?

It often takes several shots to stop one attacker. If the maximum magazine capacity is 10 (or if all semiautomatic handguns are banned, but 6 shot revolvers remain), and a woman in danger has to stop and reload her weapon while trying to protect her children (who are likely hysterical at this point), it gives the bad guy an opportunity to react–potentially fatally.

Laws limiting magazine capacity and availability of semiautomatic handguns will directly impact women, who use these weapons for self-defense inside and outside the home. Any executive action by President Obama to restrict guns will limit a women’s capability to fight back against attackers and protect herself and her family.

The bottom line is that guns are used for lawful self-defense every day. Sadly, they also used for illegal violence every day. But enacting laws that further restrict or ban law-abiding citizens’ access to firearms does nothing to address violent crime. It merely disarms the good guys.

To which, the editor, Lauren Lannotii responded, “Please unsubscribe me to your strange, sensationalizing polemics. Thank you.” It seems that Glamour magazine, which claims to want to “empower” women, would rather they simply sit back and try to enjoy whatever harm befalls them.
-Gary