http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/07/robert-farago/obama-to-unveil-new-gun-control-measures/
Obama to Unveil New Gun Control Measures
Posted on July 7, 2011 by Robert Farago
"Half a year after the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), the Obama administration is set to release a series of reforms to the current gun law, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Thursday." The Huffington Post may not be rubbing its hands in glee, but they're not offering any analysis of this move, either. Here's the short version: Barak Obama has lost his base. Or his mind. Or both . . .
Alienating pro-gun independents in a fruitless effort to end-run Congress on gun control (the edicts will supposedly take the form of executive orders) may please the far left, but it's nearasdammit political suicide. Wait. Hear that? Cha-ching! That's the sound of the NRA cash register struggling to process tens of millions of dollars in contributions as its members hit the hustings.
Here's the official WH announcement:
"The president directed the Attorney General to form working groups with key stakeholders to identify common sense measures that would improve American safety and security while fully respecting Second Amendment rights," Carney said at Thursday's briefing. "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 more specific announcements in the near future."
The Department of Justice? Carney's kidding, right? The same federal agency that stands accused of conducting a major and ongoing cover-up of a gun-related program gone horribly wrong (the ATF's literally fatal Gunwalker misegos) is going to draft regulations to control firearms sales? That's insane.
As for "all stakeholders" having their say on these new regs, wrong. The gun rights side of the "debate" didn't get a look in. The NRA boycotted the White House "gun summit" and Obama officials never responded to TTAG's request for a seat at the table. (Can you believe it?)
The HuffPo reckons All the President's Men will nibble away at existing laws rather than jump off the cliff marked "renew the assault weapons ban."
The end result, one source close to the discussions said, was a package of reforms "not huge in scope." They are largely expected to mirror the topics covered in the president's op-ed. Gun control advocates have pushed for more, including legislation that would limit the size of magazines — such as the 32-round clip that Giffords' shooter used — or a bill that would force private sellers to conduct background checks at gun shows — which may have prevented the Virginia Tech shooter from obtaining his firearms.
Maybe. Actually not. Mr. Cho bought his firearms at a gun dealer. (I guess the HuffPo's Internet connection was down at the time of writing.)
All this—what this is—will occur "in the near future." In other words, probably not at all. Any attempt to limit magazine capacity with a federal fiat will enrage, alienate and energize the President's generally sleepy pro-gun followers. And not in a good way.
If this is a trail balloon, it's born holier than Benedetto XVI
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