This last weekend was full of stuff that I missed until this morning……oh well even Chuq needs a break……BTW…..Texas is still in the hands of its elected officials…….but it is early into the Jade Helm thing…….
While the NRA was out thump its chest and bad mouthing everyone that opposes them……there was a sneak attack that they missed completely…………….
This policy oughta get the gun nuts writing and bitching…….Obama has made a move to control who gets to purchase guns……..
A new plan to issue background checks on millions of potential gun-buyers has caught the NRA off guard, the Los Angeles Times reports. Responding to an executive order from President Obama, the Social Security Administration is devising a policy that could add millions of its beneficiaries to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). In this scenario, people mentally incapable of handling their own disability payments, and those receiving payments for mental-health issues, will be reported to the NICS—which exists to stop illegal immigrants, convicted drug offenders, felons, and others from buying guns. The move could add 4.7 million Americans to the system and put Social Security in line with other federal agencies, including Department of Veterans Affairs, which already report to NICS.
Told of the plan, head NRA lobbyist Chris Cox issued a statement opposing the “executive fiat” and saying “the NRA stands ready to pursue all available avenues to stop them in their tracks.” The National Council on Disability also appears poised to oppose the move. The policy is fallout from the Sandy Hook killings, where six school employees and 20 children were massacred at a Connecticut elementary school in 2012. Congress later dismissed President Obama’s push for gun-control legislation, so the president issued 23 executive orders on gun control, including one to put federal agencies in line with laws about NICS reporting. “We need a change in attitude,” said Obama after the Charleston church massacre, per CNN. “We have to feel a sense of urgency. Ultimately Congress will follow the people.”
Whatcha think? Good or bad?
Criminals don’t need to get guns legally. Now crazy people will get guns illegally though the same channels. So this does not change a thing. It is outrageous that BarryO will do this by executive order when it should be laws of congress to institute a policy and it would not pass and they won’t do anything to stop BarryO’s abuse of power. It seems every few days BarryO does something that sickens me more and more. Hillory would be even worse.
Hillary will be a disaster….to my way of thinking….
Remember what George Carlin told us: “Everything the government tells you is a lie.”
It doesn’t matter either way; the people afraid of guns will try to legislate morality, and those of us who don’t will ignore them….
I don’t own a gun, but, if I need one, I know where to find plenty of them…
gigoid
I own guns….but I still cannot understand when people say that an auto is for self defense……if they are that bad of a shot then a shotgun should be their choice….
Agreed. But, then, it’s like almost anything when it comes to humans; they miss the point, going for the shadow over the substance every time…. A gun is useless if you can’t hit what you aim at, & autos are notoriously unreliable, both in accuracy, and for jamming when hot. A shotgun hits EVERYTHING within its range, every time….
If I need a gun, I’ll just take one away from an idiot with one…
gigoid
Well said…….and the idiots do have an arsenal, don’t they……chuq
Yep… nice of them to put it all together for me…
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At first blush, it does not look like a bad idea. If you think about it, should someone who is not mentally capable of managing their own affairs own a gun? That said, I have to wonder how effective this would be. For example, among the elderly, if that person has someone managing their affairs, odds are they are not going to be able to physically use one.
I am for anything that keeps guns away for wackos and psychopaths……