Posted January 5, 2016 4:45 pm by Comments

By Kate Scanlon

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, unveiled controversial executive actions on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama unveiled controversial executive actions he plans to take that he says will reduce gun violence.

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, unveiled controversial executive actions on gun control Jan. 5 in the East Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

During his remarks, the president said:

Today, background checks are required at gun stores. If a father wants to teach his daughter how to hunt, he can walk into a gun store, get a background check, purchase his weapon safely and responsibly. This is not seen as an infringement on the Second Amendment. Contrary to the claims of what some gun rights proponents have suggested, this hasn’t been the first step in some slippery slope to mass confiscation. Contrary to claims of some presidential candidates, apparently, before this meeting, this is not a plot to take away everybody’s guns. You pass a background check; you purchase a firearm.

The problem is some gun sellers have been operating under a different set of rules. A violent felon can buy the exact same weapon over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked. A recent study found that about one in 30 …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze

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