Obama asked to bar importation of assault-style guns

[SecularMotion]

WASHINGTON – About 90 House Democrats led by Rep. Eliot Engel of the Bronx recently wrote President Obama asking him to bar the importation of assault-style rifles.

The letter was sent Jan. 11, about a week after Obama’s most recent executive actions on guns. Those actions included guidance on which firearms sales are subject to a criminal background check because the seller is required to have a Federal Firearms License.

Obama also asked the Social Security Administration to issue a regulation allowing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to obtain the names of people receiving disability benefits. The aim is to prevent people with mental health issues from owning guns. The president also requested that federal agencies research smart-gun technology.

The letter from congressional Democrats expresses “strong support’’ for Obama’s actions but asks that the administration return to “the strong enforcement of the ban on imports of military-style assault weapons.’’

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/new-york/2016/01/22/obama-asked-bar-importation-assault-style-guns/79183584/

[JonathanRackham]

1. Can we stop exporting them too?

[virginia mountainman]

2. No one wants too ban your gun..

It's all a conspiracy. ...yea... and sales leap once again. ..

[Duckhunter935]

5. yep I am sure

domestic manufacturers will not complain at the new business.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. Well of course the FBI should be able to access Social Security Disability lists

to find out who's getting money, and for what.

HIPAA be damned, and if we can't trust the FBI, ...

What could go wrong?

[Duckhunter935]

4. how much of that disability

Is not due to mental issues? You want all of your health records exposed. I have disability for my knees and back from the VA. Is that relevant? It will be great for domestic AR and other semi-automatic weapons manufacturers.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. I forgot the "sarcasm" thingy. FBI should have access to NO Social Security records ..

.. unless they have a warrant for one individual's records.

Currently, mental "issues" are irrelevant to the process, unless recognized by a judge, after some sort of "due process". Getting SSDI doesn't constitute "due process". Neither does a VA disability benefit.

Your knees and back are not an issue, nor are your depression and agoraphobia, if you're getting benefits for those. None are any of my business, the FBI's business, just a matter between you and your health care provider.

[Duckhunter935]

7. only knee and back

Yep that sarcasm thing clears that up

[Eleanors38]

8. Hmm, a JFK-style domestic manufacturers' protection act?...

The country already has a growing number of boutique semi-auto rifle makers. Guess some pols want to "grow" them.

[benEzra]

9. Once again, you show you're after nonviolent gun enthusiasts, NOT violence reduction.

According to the FBI, there were 11,961 murders in the United States in 2014. All rifles *combined* accounted for 248. Two states didn't report their data, so let's increase that to 280 to account for those two. To put that into perspective, ~722 Americans died riding bicycles in 2014.

Of the ~280 murders involving any type of rifle, let's say as many as half involved modern-looking rifles that the prohibitionists want to outlaw. That's ~140 murders in the entire nation..

Out of that ~140, the vast majority are likely from American-made rifles, rather than imports, since American-made rifles account for the bulk of the U.S. rifle market, especially semiautos. But let's say that as many as 25% are imports. That's about 35 murders annually in the entire nation by imported modern-looking semiauto rifles, out of 11,961.

Stop pretending you care about violence. It's the tens of millions of nonviolent, noncriminal owners and enthusiasts that you hate, as demonstrated by your legislative priorities.

[Nancyswidower]

10. 90 of 188.....seems the majority of House Dems

Disagree(so far) with Rep. Engel.