BOHICA

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Six Months After Tucson Shooting, White House Readies Gun Control Stance
by Kelly Chernenkoff | July 07, 2011 |  0 Comments

Friday marks six months since the Tucson shooting which severely injured Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the White House is now hinting it's prepared to add its own voice to the gun control dialogue that tragedy reignited.

"As you know, the President directed the Attorney General to form working groups with key stakeholders to identify common-sense measures that would improve Americans' safety and security while fully respecting Second Amendment rights," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Thursday.

"That process is well underway at the Department of Justice with stakeholders on all sides working through these complex issues. And we expect to have some more specific announcements in the near future."

Carney didn't say how soon those announcements would come, nor what they might entail.

Immediately after the incident, which left six people dead and suspect Jared Lee Loughner in a federal prison hospital, eyes turned to the White House and whether the president might weigh in on the brewing Second Amendment debate.

The answer came in the form of an Arizona Daily Star Op-Ed penned by the president himself and printed on March 13.

[BAC]

Whenever they say "common sense..." you know we're in trouble.  And I believe you meant to say "BOHICA".

[DGF]

Yes I did mean to say BOHICA. I have fixed it.

Common sense to them = No guns at all

[alfsauve]

That process is well underway at the Department of Justice with stakeholders on all sides.......

Uh, I must have missed the invitation.   


YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MY RIGHTS.   I'M ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS. 

[fightingquaker13]

I wil say this. I've never thought BO was a real threat to the 2A, just because unlike Hillary, he has never given a damn about the issue. If the Hildabeast were in charge, the AWB would have been job two after healthcare. Still, IF this administration is going to push gun control, now is the time (from our POV ). They are down in the polls and the election is getting closer. I see  conservative state Dems running from that like rats from a sinking ship. Again, this makes me wonder how seriously to take this stuff. I'd worry about what BO might do in his 2nd term, but now? Is this the hill he wants to lose the Senate and maybe his election over? Maybe, but I doubt it.
FQ13

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[DGF]

This issue cost Gore his home state and, I believe, the election.

[Solus]

The plan is to enact it through Executive Order, thus bypassing all the problems of getting it through Congress.  

Why take the chance on Congress when you can do a slight of hand interpretation of the Constitution, and state it gives you the power to enact the restrictions using an Executive Order.

 

[TAB]

Whenever they say "common sense..." you know we're in trouble.  And I believe you meant to say "BOHICA".

Not always, most of the time yes, but there are several gun laws that are a very good thing.  ( granted most of them are in the actual use of fire arms)

[tombogan03884]

There is no gun law that is a "good thing". The Constitution says "shall not be infringed". Any thing beyond that is precedent toward total confiscation.

[TAB]

so you don't support laws like its illegal to shoot in the air?