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Gun safety group outlines regulations Obama could adopt – without Congress Gun safety group outlines regulations Obama could adopt – without Congress
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A major gun safety group on Monday released a list of measures it said the Obama administration could adopt – without congressional approval – to reduce gun violence in the US.A major gun safety group on Monday released a list of measures it said the Obama administration could adopt – without congressional approval – to reduce gun violence in the US.
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Everytown for Gun Safety said its report was created in response to Obama’s call last week for citizens and the media to pressure lawmakers into enacting stricter gun control laws, which the president made in a speech following a shooting at Umpqua community college in Oregon that left 10 people dead, including the gunman.Everytown for Gun Safety said its report was created in response to Obama’s call last week for citizens and the media to pressure lawmakers into enacting stricter gun control laws, which the president made in a speech following a shooting at Umpqua community college in Oregon that left 10 people dead, including the gunman.
“This is a political choice that we make, to allow this to happen every few months in America,” Obama said. “We collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction.”“This is a political choice that we make, to allow this to happen every few months in America,” Obama said. “We collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction.”
Obama said on Friday the White House would be reexamining gun laws to determine where improvements could be made. Obama said on Friday the White House would be re-examining gun laws to determine where improvements could be made.
In its report, Everytown outlined five things that it says the president could do to help prevent gun massacres without congressional approval.In its report, Everytown outlined five things that it says the president could do to help prevent gun massacres without congressional approval.
In summary, the group recommends the Obama administration should issue guidance to clarify that dangerous people cannot carry guns within 1,000ft of a school.In summary, the group recommends the Obama administration should issue guidance to clarify that dangerous people cannot carry guns within 1,000ft of a school.
This builds off of the Gun-Free School Zones Act, which was enacted under George HW Bush in 1990. Federal authorities have clarified what an exemption in the law for people with “qualified” state permits means.This builds off of the Gun-Free School Zones Act, which was enacted under George HW Bush in 1990. Federal authorities have clarified what an exemption in the law for people with “qualified” state permits means.
The report also suggests the issue of a regulation clarifying that high-volume, private gun sellers must conduct background checks. This could be achieved, Everytown said, with the clarification of the current definition of who is “engaged in the business” of selling firearms to include people who sell multitudes of guns privately, but are technically protected by laws allowing private sellers to not conduct background checks.The report also suggests the issue of a regulation clarifying that high-volume, private gun sellers must conduct background checks. This could be achieved, Everytown said, with the clarification of the current definition of who is “engaged in the business” of selling firearms to include people who sell multitudes of guns privately, but are technically protected by laws allowing private sellers to not conduct background checks.
The Everytown report also recommends that the Obama administration should instruct federal law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest criminals who try to buy illegal guns. Though it is illegal for certain people to even try to buy guns, many still do and are rarely prosecuted.The Everytown report also recommends that the Obama administration should instruct federal law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest criminals who try to buy illegal guns. Though it is illegal for certain people to even try to buy guns, many still do and are rarely prosecuted.
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Finally, Everytown said the federal government could help enforce existing state background check laws and make the FBI record whether checks are for a private sale or dealer sale, and could clarify that convicted abusers are prohibited from owning guns whether or not they are married.Finally, Everytown said the federal government could help enforce existing state background check laws and make the FBI record whether checks are for a private sale or dealer sale, and could clarify that convicted abusers are prohibited from owning guns whether or not they are married.
This, Everytown said, would ensure that a convicted domestic abuser was not allowed to own a gun simply because they did not marry their victim.This, Everytown said, would ensure that a convicted domestic abuser was not allowed to own a gun simply because they did not marry their victim.
According to Shootingtracker.com, the shooting in Oregon last week was the 994th mass gun attack in the US in the past three years.According to Shootingtracker.com, the shooting in Oregon last week was the 994th mass gun attack in the US in the past three years.