Post by pavel on Jan 8, 2016 10:27:19 GMT -6
WASHINGTON – Texas Republicans are taking aim at President Barack Obama, after he unveiled a slate of executive actions Tuesday to curb gun violence, in an emotional speech from the East Room of the White House.
Obama laid out a series of measures including expanding the range of gun dealers required to conduct background checks. It would now include dealers at gun shows or online who are “engaged in the business” of selling firearms. Private sellers have long been exempt from the requirement.
The new measures would also devote more staffers to enforcing the FBI’s background checks, increase private research into firearms safety and pledge $500 million to improve access to mental health resources.
“We do have to feel a sense of urgency… people are dying and the constant excuses for inaction no longer suffice,” Obama said. “That’s why we’re here today, not to debate the last mass shooting, but to do something to prevent the next one.”
Continued at trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/texans-republicans-take-aim-at-obama-over-executive-order-on-guns.html/
Obama laid out a series of measures including expanding the range of gun dealers required to conduct background checks. It would now include dealers at gun shows or online who are “engaged in the business” of selling firearms. Private sellers have long been exempt from the requirement.
The new measures would also devote more staffers to enforcing the FBI’s background checks, increase private research into firearms safety and pledge $500 million to improve access to mental health resources.
“We do have to feel a sense of urgency… people are dying and the constant excuses for inaction no longer suffice,” Obama said. “That’s why we’re here today, not to debate the last mass shooting, but to do something to prevent the next one.”
Continued at trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/texans-republicans-take-aim-at-obama-over-executive-order-on-guns.html/