More executive orders on gun control.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-ex...-control-steps

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….the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a little-known loophole that lets felons and others circumvent background checks by registering guns to corporations.

This is not a loophole. Many firearms are sold/owned by corporations. This does not allow them to give them to criminals and others who are prohibited from possessing them.

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One new policy will end a government practice that lets military weapons, sold or donated by the U.S. to allies, be reimported into the U.S. by private entities, where some may end up on the streets.

It is much more likely that the vast majority of these firearms (mostly bolt action or old WWII vintage semi-autos) are going to end up in a law abiding gun owner’s safe or gun cabinet.

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The White House said the U.S. has approved 250,000 of those guns to be reimported since 2005; under the new policy, only museums and a few other entities like the government will be eligible to reimport military-grade firearms. The Obama administration is also proposing a federal rule to stop those who would be ineligible to pass a background check from skirting the law by registering certain guns, like machine guns and short-barreled shotguns, to a corporation or trust.

This proposal has been around for a while now. Why Obama has been sitting on his hands this whole time is beyond me. http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAg...&RIN=1140-AA43

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The new rule would require people associated with those entities, like beneficiaries and trustees, to undergo the same type of fingerprint-based background checks as individuals if they want to register those types of guns.

No reason to require mug shots and fingerprints for machine guns when a NICS is good for title 1 guns.

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"It's a very artful dodge to get around people who are not capable, constitutionally or legally, of owning a weapon," Biden said.

Not really.



http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/44/922

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(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person - (1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;....

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