Below is a list of the 23 “executive actions” that the president will be taking in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre. Via the Wall Street Journal.
“There’s very little in this part that will be too big or controversial,” claims Business Insider. “It’s very small bore regulatory stuff.”
We’ll let you decide:
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.
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For more in-depth coverage of the president’s gun speech on Wednesday, see our complete story here.
You can read the text of Obama’s speech here.
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Comments (351)
JeffersonsPen
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:27pmOh yea just incase you forgot……..http://rt.com/usa/news/chesterfield-veteran-facebook-arrest-106/
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VoiceoftheMajority
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:34pmHe is an active Marine. He is lucky he is not in a military prision. He should be dishonorably discharged at the least for what he did.
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tomcat11767
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:47pmVoice
He left service in 2011, and was detained by law enforcement for his Facebook posts in 2012. But, don’t let the facts get in your way!
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ocrick
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:27pmWhich one of these 23 are out of line????
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JeffersonsPen
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:25pmThere was a time when two “experts” could claim your insane or off just a little and off you went. Few weeks past and one labotamy later and you doing “Much better”. If you can’t get congress to do your bidding just slowly gather up those that are a danger to themselves and everyone else. If you resist then its “proof” you needed help with your mental disorder…………………………sorry but this is just getting started.
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PROUD_2B_American
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:24pmHOW IS anything in this, going to make the streets of Chicago safer??????????
Obama’s OWN city. Where there are more deaths by firearms than any other city in the nation!
BY CRIMINALS………
Criminals, that will now, have MORE INCENTIVE to break into OUR HOMES to steal our firearms!!
MORE SITUATIONS where we, are at RISK because OUR stolen weapon was used in a crime. Where they’ll prosecute US, because they can FIND US, the law abiding citizen.
ARE YOU KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS INSANE!!!!
He’s finally made it VERY CLEAR, that he’s not interested in coming down on the criminals, he’s ONLY interested in coming down HARD on all of US
This president acts, on a daily basis, as though stupidity is a virtue!
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ANTISOCIAL-IST
Jan. 16, 2013 at 5:56pmhe’s not acting
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captianamerica911
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:20pmNo#4 Is left open to classify a new catagory “christians and otherrs who have strong beliefs about God or religion” These people are unstable because of thier lack of being in touch reality. So are not mental stable to own a firearm. …Just saying it was a thought I had b4 I heard about these 21 exc. orders now posted here I found where it fits.
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trueamerican40
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:20pmInvasion of privacy rights. Erosion of OUR Amendment rights. That’s what all of this is about. Why? Because imperialists are paranoid schizoids who have to be in control at all times. This man talks about responsibility? How about the SIX trillion blunders this narcissist has committed in just four years. Hypocrite Stalinist.
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El1Supremo
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:19pmI saw President Clinton hugging people in a crowd and we know what that lead to. Now I see President Obama not only hugging but draping himself all over the kids. Then VP Biden very formally shook their hands. I assume the VP thought hugging and groping was inappropriate and the shaking of hands correct. What does the readers here think? or am I in need of visiting the local head doctor.
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balrog25
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:19pmMosty pap, but this marxist bastardo is just starting.
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zenjak
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:16pm“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.”
Does this apply to the Mexican drug runners that the AG sells weapons to?
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LakeHartwellSailor
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:15pm4. 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.
Define “dangerous”. My opposition to Obamas policies could fall into that category if Holder deemed that as dangerous.
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Ash_Kiker
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:13pmso what are doctors to do after their patient tells them they have uzi’s and RPG’s and grenades at home???
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ANTISOCIAL-IST
Jan. 16, 2013 at 6:01pm4 a.m. sledge hammer to your deadbolt
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oldwmn
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:12pmforgot to add
Remember Mike & Mechanics song SILENT RUNNING
There’s a gun and amnunition just inside the doorway;
Use it only in emergency.
Better you should pray to God
the father and the spirit.
Will guide you and protect you from up here.
Can you hear me
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net ]
can you hear me running? . . .
Show allegiance to the flag whatever flag they offer.
Never hint at what you really feel.
Teach the children quietly for some day sons and daughters.
Will rise up and fight where we stood still.
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msconstrue
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:44pmvery apropos!!!……..
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avenger99
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:10pmThis is a good thing, we can now [all of us] use the system to report every liberal we know to the govt through the snitch program as being mentally unbalanced, on psycotropic drugs, and having explosives and assault rifles in thier houses. This can be fun if done enmasse. Time to give the libs a very ‘liberal’ dose of thier own medicine. Seriously, sock it to em. We can trash the evil vile liberals now.
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crystalsky
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:09pmLook how nice the children are gathered around the president Do these children know how many children are killed with no guns in this country with abortions. Gee I think some1 should tell them what the president and vice president voted on abortion. By the way some think that his children are more important than having security in all school. maybe he should tell those children why.
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kat747
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:06pmA background check ?????
All my records are “sealed”.
Sound familiar ?????
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avenger99
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:03pmComrade 0bumma addressed the nation behind a wall of admiring children, Wow, did he get that from some one else? Saddam Hussein and Adolph Hitler did that too. The 2nd amendment is more valueable to those children than any xo comrade 0buma will ever write for them.
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RestoreCapitalism
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:03pmSo what if the state determines someone is a ‘homophobe’, or an ‘islamophobe’, or some other invented ‘illness’?
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oldwmn
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:02pmI am already on THEIR LIST…i am a member of international pen pal club for Christians,My relatives are Hungarian Polish , they would NOT let me join the FBI out of HS, they red flag me as a security risk, even though Mom Dad both served in US Army in WWII Land lines can be opened to listen in by Police Dispatchers to whats going on in your homes..loved the police scanner info i gleamed when hubby was a reserve police officer..they have all of us on list..our folders are thick,,and they can bite me..i will stomp em with my cane.. omg a 10 day waiting period for old farts canes..and i am stocking up on baseball bats too..
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kat747
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:12pmHave your records “sealed”. Barry did and it worked.
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OBUMAURMAMA
Jan. 16, 2013 at 3:54pmMaybe that the little tin God from D..C. is asking/telling Dr.s to ask the patient so the government can cross check the person with registration records.
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captianamerica911
Jan. 16, 2013 at 3:54pmNo#4 is going to be use to classify christians in a catagory of not being in touch with reality so is a mental disorder that makes them dangerous in owning a weapon.
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VoiceoftheMajority
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:26pmThat would be awesome !!! Think about it, they truly believe a person died and then three days later came back to life. And we want people that believe that actually owning guns !!!!
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EllieR
Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:50pmYeah, and you elected one of these crazies as our President and Commander-in-chief. Talk about danger, comrade.
That is if we decide to believe his lies about being Christian, of course.
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ANTISOCIAL-IST
Jan. 16, 2013 at 6:11pm@voiceofthemajorityofdouches: you got your daily criticism in against Christians. feel good about yourself?
maybe we should take away the right of free speech of all douches that believe they originated from a mud puddle and their closest relatives are poo-slinging monkeys.
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FedUpAlready
Jan. 16, 2013 at 3:53pm16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.
Ask all you want, everyone has the right not to answer as well!
17. Release a letter to health-care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law-enforcement authorities.
What happened to rights of privacy and freedom of speech? Whose to say what is a threat of violence, without any overt action?
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RUSHOFFOOLS
Jan. 16, 2013 at 3:52pmKing Oboma declaring his authority as the ONLY RULING branch of goverment. Please impeach him.
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bjornskis
Jan. 16, 2013 at 3:51pmI did not see on his list
Ok to give guns to mexican drug lords
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noslave
Jan. 16, 2013 at 3:50pmBOTTOM LINE?HOLDER,SABELIUS,ETC.DECIDE WHO is not worthy of owning guns??and their definately going to make gun dealers MORE STREAMLINED??when doing sales requirements they will propose?? a side note watch for LEAD BULLETS to become toxic to EPA STANDARDS?and taxed?to outrageious costs”??#10s a laugh fast&furious lost 1000nds of guns lets hear about them first holder??
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AllisonWunderland
Jan. 16, 2013 at 3:49pmLet’s everyone run out and transfer one of our firearms. Form a pool in your area where gun owners can swap $5 “wall hangers” in a round robin. I thinking transfers on the order of a couple times a week.
Let’s see if the “king” has figured out how to handle this sudden increase in NICS volume. Ohhhhhh yeah, and since I’m not a licensed gun dealer, but rather one of the “people” whose “right to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” I’ll be buggered if I’m going to keep some sort of transfer records.
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