\u201cI will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary, including but not limited to eliminating funding for implementation, defunding the White House, and even filing articles of impeachment,\u201d Stockman said. \u201cIf the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sorry, Congressman but in gun lingo you have just shot off your rhetorical buckshot before having a clear view of the target, in this case, the facts.<\/em><\/p>\nArticle II of the U.S. Constitution clearly grants Obama and any other president the authority and the discretion to issue executive orders with the force of law over the sale of guns and ammunition\u2026.<\/p>\n
To be crystal clear: President Obama has the legal authority to enact gun safety measures through executive order. That is not a matter of opinion. It is a statement of fact. And there is historical precedent. Presidents have historically used this tool to implement a wide range of public policies that they believe to be in the best interest of the nation. The Emancipation Proclamation, for instance, was President Abraham Lincoln\u2019s exercise of his executive order power to free slaves\u2026.<\/p>\n
To recap: the president is reportedly considering universal background checks, closing the gun show loophole, banning high-capacity magazines, banning some military-type assault weapons and restricting the sale of guns to the mentally ill.<\/p>\n
In spite of an avalanche of facts, some gun extremists still insist the Constitution does not allow the president to propose or enact \u2013 through executive action \u2013 gun control laws.<\/p>\n
The straight shot here is that the same Constitution that guarantees the right to own a gun also guarantees the right for all Americans to take steps to be safe in the streets and even in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.<\/p>\n
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