Posted January 5, 2016 10:28 am by Comments

By Ammoland

President Obama Undercuts Second Amendment Through Executive Action

By Roger J. Katz & Stephen D’Andrilli

President Obama Undercuts Second Amendment Through Executive Action
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New York, NY -(Ammoland.com)- President Barack Obama, as we have seen, demonstrates little restraint using the power of his Office to obtain what he wants.

The most powerful tool in a Chief Executive’s arsenal falls under the umbrella “executive directives.” These take the form of orders and proclamations, memoranda and signing statements.

But, in the absence of a legal source explaining distinctions among them, one may presume they are, in essence, the same.

When a U.S. President issues an executive directive, he is asserting, “this is what I want to do; this is what I intend to do; this is what I have done, why I have done it, and how and when it shall be carried out, and what Congress and the American People must do to recognize or to comply with it; so accept it!”

Presidential directives are then essentially declarations – much like edicts of a despot, such as a dictator, or a king, or other such autocratic ruling authority.

Presidential directives are not subject to debate by the public or even by Congress, and they are not …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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