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Obama working on gun control "under the radar"

by , Posted to on 05/25/2011 7:54 PM | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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Obama: We’re working on gun control “under the radar”

posted at 1:15 pm on May 25, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
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I missed this last week, and so may many who didn’t notice Instapundit’s link to the Greeley Gazette’s post on the White House’s efforts to impose gun control through executive-branch regulatory adventurism.  Jack Minor caught this anecdote buried below the jump on a Washington Post Lifestyle profile of Steve Croley, first published six weeks ago.  Described as “the White House’s point man on gun regulation policy,” the Post includes this rather telling quote from President Obama on the issue of gun control from March:

On March 30, the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, Jim Brady, who sustained a debilitating head wound in the attack, and his wife, Sarah, came to Capitol Hill to push for a ban on the controversial “large magazines.” Brady, for whom the law requiring background checks on handgun purchasers is named, then met with White House press secretary Jay Carney. During the meeting, President Obama dropped in and, according to Sarah Brady, brought up the issue of gun control, “to fill us in that it was very much on his agenda,” she said.

“I just want you to know that we are working on it,” Brady recalled the president telling them. “We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar.”

Minor noted that this under-the-radar anecdote matches up with other reporting:

The statement reinforces an article in the Huffington Post describing how the administration is exploring ways to bypass Congress and enact gun control through executive action.

The Department of Justice reportedly is holding meetings discussing the White House’s options for enacting regulations on its own or through adjoining agencies and departments. “Administration officials said talk of executive orders or agency action are among a host of options that President Barack Obama and his advisers are considering. “

That also matches up with Obama’s approach on … nearly everything, it seems.  Regulatory adventurism has been a hallmark of every other Obama priority, whether it be health care, financial-services reform, labor policy, and now on gun control.  When his agenda is too radical for Congress, Obama simply plans to bypass Congress and rule by decree.

Glenn Reynolds headlined this under the banner “TRANSPARENCY.”  That’s fitting, but “RADICAL” and “DISHONEST” work well, too.  Here’s the problem for Democrats: Ever since the Clinton years, they have avoided gun control like the plague, and the courts have taken a libertarian view of the Second Amendment.  How many of the incumbent Democrats in the Senate want to defend Obama on his power play to impose gun control by executive fiat in the dark?  How will that fly in places like Missouri, Nebraska, and West Virginia?  How about in open seats like Virginia’s, which Democrats hope to hold?

Update: I meant “executive fiat,” not “legislative fiat.”  The latter is an oxymoron, obviously.

"The only enemy of guns is rust and politicians."
“You can roll manure in powered sugar but it still ain’t a jelly donut”

"The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."

William F. Buckley, Jr.
"Unarmed helplessness is for sheep and the French."  Ted Nugent



Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/25/2011 7:57 PM | Reply #1 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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I'm sitting in the sand bag line waiting and stumbled on the above article.   Obama is nothing an f-ing turncoat rat fink bastard who hates the constitution imho.
"The only enemy of guns is rust and politicians."
“You can roll manure in powered sugar but it still ain’t a jelly donut”

"The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."

William F. Buckley, Jr.
"Unarmed helplessness is for sheep and the French."  Ted Nugent



Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/25/2011 8:52 PM | Reply #2 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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3XGutshot Said:
I'm sitting in the sand bag line waiting and stumbled on the above article.   Obama is nothing an f-ing turncoat rat fink bastard who hates the constitution imho.


One Big Ass Mistake America !

Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/25/2011 9:10 PM | Reply #3 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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3XGutshot Said:
I'm sitting in the sand bag line waiting and stumbled on the above article.   Obama is nothing an f-ing turncoat rat fink bastard who hates the constitution imho.

I think you need to start using IMO.  There is nothing humble about your opinion.

Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/25/2011 9:19 PM | Reply #4 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/25/2011 9:20 PM | Reply #5 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Joined: 07/12/2003
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Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/25/2011 9:21 PM | Reply #6 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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I love this one!!!!!!!!
Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 01:09 AM | Reply #7 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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disco Said:
3XGutshot Said:
I'm sitting in the sand bag line waiting and stumbled on the above article.   Obama is nothing an f-ing turncoat rat fink bastard who hates the constitution imho.

I think you need to start using IMO.  There is nothing humble about your opinion.

Really?   I actually think I was understating his intentions.

"The only enemy of guns is rust and politicians."
“You can roll manure in powered sugar but it still ain’t a jelly donut”

"The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."

William F. Buckley, Jr.
"Unarmed helplessness is for sheep and the French."  Ted Nugent



Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 01:23 AM | Reply #8 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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What part of this quote can be debated?  Do you live in Chicago? 

I would love to see Obama do some community organizing in the Dakotas.  I would buy a ticket to see it and pay down a penny of the debt he has given us.


“Administration officials said talk of executive orders or agency action are among a host of options that President Barack Obama and his advisers are considering. “
disco Said:
3XGutshot Said:
I'm sitting in the sand bag line waiting and stumbled on the above article.   Obama is nothing an f-ing turncoat rat fink bastard who hates the constitution imho.

I think you need to start using IMO.  There is nothing humble about your opinion.



DON'T STEAL ---    THE GOVERNMENT HATES COMPETITION!!!
Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 06:28 AM | Reply #9 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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disco Said:
3XGutshot Said:
I'm sitting in the sand bag line waiting and stumbled on the above article.   Obama is nothing an f-ing turncoat rat fink bastard who hates the constitution imho.

I think you need to start using IMO.  There is nothing humble about your opinion.


I don't think your opinion matters disco, who's side are you on?

Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 07:42 AM | Reply #10 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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faA National Rifle Association advertising campaign distorts Obama's position on gun control beyond recognition.

The NRA is circulating printed material and running TV ads making unsubstantiated claims that Obama plans to ban use of firearms for home defense, ban possession and manufacture of handguns, close 90 percent of gun shops and ban hunting ammunition.

Much of what the NRA passes off as Obama's "10 Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment" is actually contrary to what he has said throughout his campaign: that he "respects the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms" and "will protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase, own, transport, and use guns."

The NRA, however, simply dismisses Obama's stated position as "rhetoric" and substitutes its own interpretation of his record as a secret "plan." Said an NRA spokesman: "We believe our facts."

Perhaps so, but believing something doesn't make it so. And we find the NRA has cherry-picked, twisted and misrepresented Obama's record to come up with a bogus "plan."ct check.org
Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 07:46 AM | Reply #11 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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OBAMA SUCKS DYCKS and his wife knows it

Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 07:46 AM | Reply #12 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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I apologize for the last post

Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 07:50 AM | Reply #13 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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fishmahn Said:
faA National Rifle Association advertising campaign distorts . And we find the NRA has cherry-picked, twisted and misrepresented Obama's record to come up with a bogus "plan."ct check.org


No pneson or any org. has to twist of misrepresent anything Obama says or does,he does a fine job of that on his own.

If Obama came into your living room soaking wet and said it was raining out side you had better go look,there is more than a 75% chance the sun is shining!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 07:51 AM | Reply #14 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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Swanson,
Your mother says it's time to get off the computer. She says you need a time out. ~Impressive you are~
Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 07:53 AM | Reply #15 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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Mauser,
Once again your rhetoric is steeped in fact.
Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 08:02 AM | Reply #16 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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fishmahn, are you really going to support Obama vs. The NRA.
That is a simple Liberty vs. Tyranny choice.
"The only enemy of guns is rust and politicians."
“You can roll manure in powered sugar but it still ain’t a jelly donut”

"The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."

William F. Buckley, Jr.
"Unarmed helplessness is for sheep and the French."  Ted Nugent



Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 08:06 AM | Reply #17 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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fishmahn Said:
Swanson,
Your mother says it's time to get off the computer. She says you need a time out. ~Impressive you are~


Thank you, I was thinking that myself. all grown up now hahaha.
btw OBAMA still sucks
your not impressive yourself, are you Canadien?????obviously you couldn't be American

Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 08:10 AM | Reply #18 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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Gutshot,
NRA =liberty?  Where did you pull that one from?  Read the facts  not spin.
Since you brought up  tyranny,  what's your spin on the dismantling of medicare,..you know, like ryan and the gop is pushing?  Again read the facts.
Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 08:15 AM | Reply #19 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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Location: SD
Did Obama say this?


“I just want you to know that we are working on it,” Brady recalled the president telling them. “We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar.”
fishmahn Said:
faA National Rifle Association advertising campaign distorts Obama's position on gun control beyond recognition.

The NRA is circulating printed material and running TV ads making unsubstantiated claims that Obama plans to ban use of firearms for home defense, ban possession and manufacture of handguns, close 90 percent of gun shops and ban hunting ammunition.

Much of what the NRA passes off as Obama's "10 Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment" is actually contrary to what he has said throughout his campaign: that he "respects the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms" and "will protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase, own, transport, and use guns."

The NRA, however, simply dismisses Obama's stated position as "rhetoric" and substitutes its own interpretation of his record as a secret "plan." Said an NRA spokesman: "We believe our facts."

Perhaps so, but believing something doesn't make it so. And we find the NRA has cherry-picked, twisted and misrepresented Obama's record to come up with a bogus "plan."ct check.org


DON'T STEAL ---    THE GOVERNMENT HATES COMPETITION!!!
Re: Obama working on gun control "under the radar"
by on 05/26/2011 08:24 AM | Reply #20 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

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Location: ND
Since when would dismantling medicare=tyranny?

Where in the constitution is it your right to have your medical paid for?

find it...I want to read that part...

This country is going broke with entitlements and the biggest part is the ones that have gone to people who haven't done a damn thing to earn them....

Tyranny is when you tax my labor to provide someone with something (i.e. medical benefits, one -year of unemployment, & unending welfare) they didn't earn and think they are entitled too....just so you can create a voting class that will keep you in office.

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