Obama Administration Hit with First Lawsuit Over Executive Actions on Guns

By Guns ‘n’ Freedom

Rather than try to pass gun laws through congress, President Obama has decided to use his executive powers to push gun control legislation into the books.

This move has been met with disdain on both sides of the political aisle and now the first lawsuit has been levied against the administration.

President Obama’s moves set forth a very dangerous precedent for future presidents who may also be tempted to use executive actions on any political agenda rather than let the country’s representatives vote.

According to thehill.com,

On the same day the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Obama’s action on immigration, the conservative advocacy group Freedom Watch announced it is filing a lawsuit against the controversial gun orders.

Freedom Watch accuses Obama of circumventing Congress to “invent” new gun laws.

“The president states that he is doing so purely because he does not like the legislative decisions of the Congress,” wrote Larry Klayman, the founder of Freedom Watch, who is also a National Rifle Association member.

“These actions are unconstitutional abuses of the president’s and executive branch’s role in our nation’s constitutional architecture and exceed the powers of the president as set forth in the U.S. Constitution,” he continued.

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