Obama to Hold “Guns in America” Special on CNN Thursday Ahead of Executive Orders. New Provision Revealed

By Robert Farago

“President Barack Obama is mounting a final-year push to make gun control part of his legacy despite Republican opposition and is expected to announce unilateral action soon,” cnn.com reports. “He will join CNN’s Anderson Cooper Thursday for an exclusive one-hour live town hall on gun control at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, in hopes of mounting a final pitch to the public.” TTAG will live blog the Spinmeister-in-Chief’s “Guns in America” special. Suffice it to say, it’s gonna be ugly. And the Friday news dump on the executive orders uglier still. Here’s something new . . .

Gun control advocates are also anticipating that the administration will bolster regulations on the reporting of lost and stolen guns. Currently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is only required to investigate a gun theft if 10 or more guns are stolen and one of them is used in a crime. The administration is expected to tighten those requirements by reducing the minimum number of guns stolen that would prompt an investigation, and potentially eliminating the requirement that one of the guns is used in a crime.

It’s another feel-good do-nothing measure – …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns