When President Obama announced his executive order laying the groundwork for gun control regulations, many heaved a sigh of relief that it was not more stringent or far reaching. And it is true that he could have been much more direct and authoritarian, but that would have invited immediate legal challenges, so the initiative is more subtle, but devious none the less.
Obama just created a system that will grow and spread to the states, and it will have the ability to establish a gun registry and prohibit hundreds of thousands, even millions, from the ability to buy a gun. Obama opined that federal federal anti-gun legislation will not happen during his presidency, but his actions will have the same effect.
The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibits those who have been involuntarily committed or determined to be “mentally defective” from buying a gun. Subsequent legislation adds to the list “those who lack the mental capacity to contract or manage their own affairs,” even if that person does not represent a threat to anyone else. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) “mental defective file” currently includes about 150,000 individuals, including veterans who were not able to manage their own financial affairs. All of these individuals are precluded from owning a gun, even though there was no indication that they had a propensity for hurting someone.
Here is where Obama’s proposal becomes dangerous. The practice of placing someone on this list was arbitrary and did not even allow a hearing, but the total number of individuals on the list was fairly small. As a result of the president’s new orders, the Health and Human Services Department announced that it will modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and allow state health agencies to disclose personally identifiable information about “mentally defective” individuals directly to the NICS.
never,,,you can never have mine,,
He’s s crooked, lying, conniving pos, and deserved to be arrested for treason.
Could you just return its contents?
Not until we finish our gun training..!!!!
This is so BS for those of us that are legal and trained owners. This country is full of very unhappy and unfree people. Seems as though Obama is trying his best to butt into everything that is absolutely none of his business and not taking proper care of what he should be paying attention. I no longer trust this person at all. Not in any decision he has made and all the petty decisions he has made that have nothing to do with his decision making (with his famous smirk ).
come get the elephant ears , I always wondered what the out come would be if an elephant mated with a zebra , NOW WE KNOW . a tall pile of horse hocky
Sim Evans, simple and easy answer.
Oboma is a pupet of soros
Then we slaughter them like boar when they come:
see the doctor and take the medicine