# Obama is planning to use Executive Orders for gun control.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 9, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-planning-to-use-executive-orders-for-gun-control/646673 "2013-01-09T21:29:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-planning-to-use-executive-orders-for-gun-control/646673/1 "2013-01-09T21:29:19Z")

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\<sigh\> I guess they’ll be a massive court battle much sooner than expected. Obama thinks he can whip out his pen and crush gun owners.

Now maybe people will finally understand why people have been worried about Obama. The guys attitude towards governing is frightening. Lets bypass Congress and I’ll decide whats best for the country. :dubious: I can’t imagine what powers this guy thinks he has to dictate interstate commerce or sales in states.

The legal battles alone to stop this guy could run up into the hundreds of millions.

> **[Biden: Obama exploring executive orders to combat gun violence | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/09/politics/gun-control-battle/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)**
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> President Barack Obama is exploring executive orders to help prevent mass shootings in America, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

Fox has some additional info too.  
[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/09/vice-president-to-meet-with-gun-safety-groups/](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/09/vice-president-to-meet-with-gun-safety-groups/)

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> President Barack Obama is exploring executive orders to help prevent mass shootings in America, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
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> “The president is going to act. Executive orders, executive action, can be taken,” Biden told reporters before meetings with groups representing survivors of mass shootings. “We haven’t decided what this is yet, but we’re compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and all the rest of the Cabinet members.”
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> Legislative action also is needed, Biden said.

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> But the vice president hinted Wednesday that executive action – action by the president in which Congress would not have a say – would indeed be involved.
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> “There are executive orders, executive action that can be taken,” Biden said, adding “we haven’t decided what that is yet.”
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> He also said separate legislative action would be “required.”

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