It's coming: Administration preps new gun regulations

[PocketProtector]

http://thehill.com/regulation/243520...un-regulations

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REGULATION
May 30, 2015 - 03:10 PM EDT
Administration preps new gun regulations

BY TIM DEVANEY 2978 Shares
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The Justice Department plans to move forward this year with more than a dozen new gun-related regulations, according to list of rules the agency has proposed to enact before the end of the Obama administration.

The regulations range from new restrictions on high-powered pistols to gun storage requirements. Chief among them is a renewed effort to keep guns out of the hands of people who are mentally unstable or have been convicted of domestic abuse.

Gun safety advocates have been calling for such reforms since the Sandy Hook school shooting nearly three years ago in Newtown, Conn. They say keeping guns away from dangerous people is of primary importance.


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But the gun lobby contends that such a sweeping ban would unfairly root out a number of prospective gun owners who are not a danger to society.

“It’s clear President Obama is beginning his final assault on our Second Amendment rights by forcing his anti-gun agenda on honest law-abiding citizens through executive force,” said Luke O’Dell, vice president of political affairs at the National Association for Gun Rights.

The Justice Department plans to issue new rules expanding criteria for people who do not qualify for gun ownership, according to the recently released Unified Agenda, which is a list of rules that federal agencies are developing.

Some of the rules come in response to President Obama’s call to reduce gun violence in the wake of Sandy Hook. He issued 23 executive actions shortly after the shooting aimed at keeping guns away from dangerous people, and some of those items remain incomplete.

“If America worked harder to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be fewer atrocities like the one that occurred in Newtown,” Obama said at the time.

“We can respect the Second Amendment while keeping an irresponsible, law-breaking few from inflicting harm on a massive scale,” he added.

Gun control groups have rallied around Obama’s call to action, zeroing in on polices that would keep guns away from the mentally ill and domestic abusers.

Congressional efforts to expand background checks and keep guns away from dangerous people have failed in recent years, but the legislative defeats won’t stop the Justice Department from regulating.

The Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is looking to revive a rule proposed way back in 1998 that would block domestic abusers from owning guns.

As proposed, the regulation makes it illegal for some who has been convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence offense to own a gun.

[pennlineman]

This is what happens when the executive branch doesn't get what it wants from the legislative branch in a banana republic. Fuck these assholes, each and everyone of them.

[win67]

I have a wonderful, insightful suggestion to add to the President's gun-control agenda: Go fuck yourself!

This is what happens when the Legislature abdicates its policy-making authority.

[GeneCC]

The Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is looking to revive a rule proposed way back in 1998 that would block domestic abusers from owning guns.

As proposed, the regulation makes it illegal for some who has been convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence offense to own a gun.

The Lautenberg Amendment has been law for how many years? This sounds like the DOJ is going to make sure that those convicted of "misdemeanor violence" do not have firearms. I think Pennsylvania already enforces this law. I don't agree that spanking your kid is a 'risk factor' but that's how the foolish write laws, to extremes.


Obama is scoring cheap political points during an election year.

[Brick]

Well the proposed rules must be advertised in the Federal Register and posted for public review and comment on the regulations.gov website.
Because these are regulations depending on existing law that allows or requires the issue of regulations your Congresscritter has already ceded his authority to Obama & Co. But enough thoughtful comments in opposition from the public can beat them down. So when these are actually offered for review, be sure the docket number and full information is included!

[Nathan Hale]

I thought people who are convicted in court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence are already prohibited from owning firearms. i also thought that mentally ill people cant buy guns if they are judged as such by a court of law. isn't that what 4473 asks you?
so what new law is Obama really trying to enact if these laws already exist?

[mikelets456]

Here's the link to the ATF rule:

http://reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgenda...&RIN=1140-AA43

DOJ/ATF RIN: 1140-AA43 Publication ID: Spring 2015
Title: Machine Guns, Destructive Devices and Certain Other Firearms; Background Checks for Responsible Persons of a Corporation, Trust, or Other Legal Entity With Respect to Making or Transferring a Firearm
Abstract:
The Department of Justice is planning to finalize a proposed rule to amend the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regarding the making or transferring of a firearm under the National Firearms Act. As proposed, the rule would; (1) add a definition for the term "responsible person"; (2) require each responsible person of a corporation, trust or legal entity to complete a specified form, and to submit photographs and fingerprints; and (3) modify the requirements regarding the certificate of the chief law enforcement officer (CLEO).

[PocketProtector]

Hopefully the NRA is also prepping their lawsuits.

Like Romney, they aren't "perfect', but we wouldn't even have any 2A left if not for them. Think of our world without Omao.

95% of Gunowners are NOT members.......mindboggling.

[mikelets456]

Hopefully the NRA is also prepping their lawsuits.

Like Romney, they aren't "perfect', but we wouldn't even have any 2A left if not for them. Think of our world without Omao.

95% of Gunowners are NOT members.......mindboggling.

That boggles my mind more than anything...a written (in stone) actual RIGHT that has been modified, chipped away and infringed over the last 70-80 years or more. However, I believe they fear that society is NOT buying the BS lies about guns, etc. Women especially---and that really is getting under their skin.

[ungawa]

Well the proposed rules must be advertised in the Federal Register and posted for public review and comment on the regulations.gov website.
Because these are regulations depending on existing law that allows or requires the issue of regulations your Congresscritter has already ceded his authority to Obama & Co. But enough thoughtful comments in opposition from the public can beat them down. So when these are actually offered for review, be sure the docket number and full information is included!

Too late. They already were and comment periods are over.