Obama taking action on gun background check system

Nedra Pickler Associated Press Yahoo! News 4/19/2013

Blocked by Congress from expanding gun sale background checks, President Barack Obama is turning to actions within his own power to keep people from buying a gun who are prohibited for mental health reasons.

Federal law bans certain mentally ill people from purchasing firearms, but not […]

Mark Levin: An up and down vote on the 2nd Amendment is unconstitutional!

The Right Scoop 4/9/2013

Mark Levin says that on Thursday the Senate intends to vote to change the 2nd amendment without any pretense of going through the amendment process, on a bill that hasn’t even been written yet. He says that this isn’t republicanism, it’s democratic tyranny. And the senators arguing to filibuster are being […]

List of executive actions Obama plans to take as part of anti-gun violence plan

FoxNews.com 1/16/2013

The following is a list, provided by the White House, of executive actions President Obama plans to take to address gun violence.

1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.

2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance […]

Biden 2008: If Obama ‘tries to fool with my Beretta, he’s got a problem’

Charlie Spiering The Washington Examiner 12/19/2012

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Vice President Joe Biden is expected to lead the White House task force to examine more gun control legislation, but back in 2008 he did everything he could to convince voters that his running mate supported the Second Amendment.

“I guarantee you Barack Obama ain’t taking my […]

Justice Department Killed Plans for Comprehensive Background Checks

William Bigelow Breitbart.com Big Government 12/16/2012

Those who believe that Barack Obama is an idealist first and a politician second are sorely mistaken. The Justice Department of the Obama administration decided one year ago, as his reelection effort was getting underway, to ignore proposals that would have allowed the background–check system for gun procurement to […]

National security, the Muslim Brotherhood and Sec. of State Clinton’s top aide

Did [Huma] Abedin get the same background investigation enjoyed by Van Jones before he lost his job at the White House?

Cliff Kincaid Special to WorldTribune.com 7/23/2012

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Deputy Cheif of Staff Huma Abedin. /Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images

Sen. John McCain has become a left-wing media darling […]

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