{"id":11229,"date":"2013-01-20T15:22:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T19:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/?p=11229"},"modified":"2013-01-20T15:22:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T19:22:29","slug":"obamas-23-executive-actions-on-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/2013\/01\/20\/obamas-23-executive-actions-on-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama’s 23 Executive Actions on Gun Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Wall Street Journal<\/a>, here are Obama’s 23 executive actions on gun violence. These actions have been taken in addition to his push for banning the sale of certain semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines.<\/p>\n

It is questionable as to whether some of these actions are constitutional. Fortunately, many sheriffs across the nation are questioning the president’s actions and have promised the citizens in their counties not to enforce any laws<\/a> they see as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

The President is announcing that he and the Administration will:<\/p>\n

1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system. <\/p>\n

2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.<\/p>\n

3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.before returning a seized gun.<\/p>\n

6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.<\/p>\n

7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.<\/p>\n

8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).<\/p>\n

9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.<\/p>\n

10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.<\/p>\n

11. Nominate an ATF director.<\/p>\n

12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.<\/p>\n

13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.<\/p>\n

14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.<\/p>\n

15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.<\/p>\n

16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.<\/p>\n

17. Release a letter to health-care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law-enforcement authorities.<\/p>\n

18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.<\/p>\n

19. Develop model emergency-response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.<\/p>\n

20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental-health services that Medicaid plans must cover.<\/p>\n

21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.<\/p>\n

22. Commit to finalizing mental-health-parity regulations.<\/p>\n

23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Wall Street Journal, here are Obama’s 23 executive actions on gun violence. These actions have been taken in addition to his push for banning the sale of certain semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines. It is questionable as to whether some of these actions are constitutional. Fortunately, many sheriffs across the nation are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-federal-legislation","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11230,"href":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11229\/revisions\/11230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nhteapartycoalition.org\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}