USCCA Responds to President Obama’s Executive Order to Expand Gun Control

In a statement earlier today, President Barack Obama announced his plan to initiate a new executive order that includes but is not limited to expanding background checks for private gun sellers.

According to Fox News, the President’s actions “mark a renewed bid…to enact gun control measures with or without Congress.”

USCCA President and Founder Tim Schmidt notes that “President Obama’s anti-freedom, pro-socialism executive order—his blatant push for more gun control—is a direct response to calls from anti-gunners—who, by the way, do not comprise the majority of people in this country—to do ‘something’ about the perceived level of gun violence across the U.S.”

He insists, “We absolutely cannot stand for this gross overreach of power that directly and negatively affects millions of law-abiding men and women in this country.”

“It’s been shown time and time again that background checks do nothing to reduce crime,” Schmidt adds. “And yet, the President is determined to appease the people—the media, mainly—who claim they do.”

Concealed Carry Magazine Executive Editor Kevin Michalowski offers extensive commentary on the topic of universal background checks in a short article, “Background Checks Won’t Reduce Crime,” found on the USCCA Blog.

“It’s pretty clear to me that President Obama’s endgame is simply to disarm as many law-abiding Americans as possible,” Schmidt suggests. “Not only is it dangerous…it’s unconstitutional.”

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