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Tx4obama

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4. Bill Clinton AND George H.W. Bush both have issued executive orders regarding gun control

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 10:46 PM

Jan 2013

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There's ample precedent. After a mass school shooting in Stockton, California, in 1989, George H.W. Bush issued an executive order, pursuant to the 1968 Gun Control Act, that banned imports of certain assault weapons unless used for sporting purposes. Years later, Bill Clinton by executive order banned imports of almost five dozen different assault weapons that had been modified to get through that "sporting purposes" exemption. President Obama could go even further.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/obama-executive-power-debt-ceiling_b_2447359.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Fox’s Megyn Kelly Accidentally Commits Journalism About Guns [View all] kpete Jan 2013 OP

Historical context is relevant here Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #1

The point at hand has to do with the method, not the object of the method (executive order). NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #2

Good luck with that n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #3

Bill Clinton AND George H.W. Bush both have issued executive orders regarding gun control Tx4obama Jan 2013 #4