Obama Releases His Gun Control Plans

BY Herschel Smith
8 years, 11 months ago

By now you’ve seen at least some of the details of Obama’s executive orders on gun control.  You know what I think about all of this, so I won’t repeat what we all know.  But I do want to make some specific observations.

The little boys and girls at Daily Kos are just giddy that they saw Obama cry.  They’re in full celebratory mode.  Crocodile tears on tap for just such an occasion.  That none of this accomplishes what he said he wanted to do doesn’t even move the needle on the bullshit-o-meter for the Kos kids.  That he’s a liar and this was all staged to occur at this point in his tenure escapes them.  He wanted to do all of this by executive order rather than by law-making.  It has been his design all along.

Regarding the details of things, first of all concerning mental health.  Via Uncle, your doctor can report you for what he or she perceives as mental illness.  I suppose that means that your name makes its way into the NICS as prohibited.  Next, the Social Security Administration can also put you on the prohibited listSeriously.

Current law prohibits individuals from buying a gun if, because of a mental health issue, they are either a danger to themselves or others or are unable to manage their own affairs.  The Social Security Administration (SSA) has indicated that it will begin the rulemaking process to ensure that appropriate information in its records is reported to NICS.  The reporting that SSA, in consultation with the Department of Justice, is expected to require will cover appropriate records of the approximately 75,000 people each year who have a documented mental health issue, receive disability benefits, and are unable to manage those benefits because of their mental impairment, or who have been found by a state or federal court to be legally incompetent

As for the mental health issue, that may mean, for example, that anyone who has ever taken a neuromodulator is now prohibited from ever owning a weapon.  And once these regulations get published in the federal register and codified in the federal code, it becomes very difficult to remove them.  One thing working against their removal is that the progressives blame guns for violence, while the so-called conservatives blame mental health.  Neither is responsible, and they know it.

As for the elderly, this might mean that if a child has power of attorney because a couple cannot run TurboTax, they are considered to be incompetent to manage their own affairs.  The Holy Scriptures say, “Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man” (Leviticus 19:32).  The very ones who are the weakest and least able to defend themselves, who may need the protection afforded by a weapon more than anyone else, are the ones attacked by Obama.

What a worm.  What … a … worm.  He is a hateful, sorry, miserable, awful, terrible servant of the evil one.  But the most interesting reaction to Obama’s actions comes from Mike Vanderboegh, who observes that Obama has instantly nationalized the armed civil disobedience movement.  That’s the takeaway.  He has done what we could never do.

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  1. On January 6, 2016 at 12:08 am, Fred said:

    Let’s all turn in our guns to satisfy the emotional needs of Dear Leader, in this, the Glorious Revolution.

  2. On January 6, 2016 at 9:41 am, UNCLEELMO said:

    Mark Levin made a great point on his show yesterday. He asked his audience
    “Did Obama shed a tear over the death of Kate Steinle?”

  3. On January 6, 2016 at 9:52 am, Fred said:

    More than 50% of all black children, in some sub-demographics, are never born. Not a peep about this either.

  4. On January 6, 2016 at 12:04 pm, reader said:

    so a GP in now a Qual’d Shrink?
    would that make a vet a GP?
    is a Oncologist a Brain Surgeon?
    is a Cat a Dog?
    Oh wait…A Boy is a Girl
    A Girl is a Boy
    I forgot this is the 21st Century

  5. On January 6, 2016 at 1:51 pm, Archer said:

    And once these regulations get published in the federal register and
    codified in the federal code, it becomes very difficult to remove them.

    Quite right. And if anyone has such a disability, it’s very difficult to remove that as well. The GCA of ’68 requires a mechanism to petition for the restoration of 2A rights, but Congress (including Republicans) opts to not fund it. Every. Single. Year. And I see no reason to believe that someone who took a neuromodulation drug to balance mood swings 30 years ago (but hasn’t needed it since) would have any easier time “proving” his/her sound mental health than a rehabilitated felon would at “proving” his/her long-term non-violent, law-abiding nature.

    (Moreover, I don’t believe it’s a coincidence that AMA-approved doctors are so unbelievably quick to prescribe such drugs, rather than recommend diet and lifestyle changes.)

    One thing working against their removal is that the progressives blame
    guns for violence, while the so-called conservatives blame mental
    health. Neither is responsible, and they know it.

    Nope. Evil is responsible; some people are just evil. But “Progressives” and so-called “conservatives” in politics can’t mention that. It’s verboten. Recognizing that evil exists means also recognizing that moral absolutes and objective truths exist, which is 100% anathema to the entirely-subjective “identity politics” which currently dominate the culture.

    When everything becomes subjective — when white is black (i.e. Rachel Dolezal), when male is female (i.e. Bruce Jenner), when non-violence is violence (e.g. protests/riots in Ferguson and Baltimore), when “reasoned discourse” and “open debate” mean silencing dissent (e.g. any “progressive” social media feed), and when tolerance means destroying opponents (e.g…. too many to list) — then absolute concepts such as “good” and “evil” become indistinguishable, and we as a culture have collectively passed through the looking glass.

    We live in interesting times.

  6. On January 6, 2016 at 4:07 pm, Fred said:

    He said it would be like this. He also said that evil can’t cast out evil, and that is how I know the progressive plan is at it’s heart, not the idea of God.

  7. On January 6, 2016 at 5:15 pm, robertsgunshop said:

    As I sit here reading this, a Chantix commercial just came on the TeeVee. Going on about how you can quit smoking. The problem is, Chantix is a anti-depressant. Once you have that in your medical records, how long before you are a prohibited person? I think I’ll just keep smoking and keep my guns.

  8. On January 7, 2016 at 6:20 pm, Mack said:

    I’ve been saying for some time that “I don’t care about gun violence.”

    And, “I couldn’t care less about gun violence. I’m a grownup. Violence is a part of nature. I accept that reality.”

    That causes plenty of consternation from both sides.

    Instead, I say, “I care about evil. And I care about the best ways to prevent evil acts. And so should you.”

    Our decadent culture has become so secularized that it seems incapable of grasping reality. And the reality is, we are awash in sin and evil. Hegel may have worshiped the State as savior; I refuse to do so.

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