Posted on Jan 5, 2016
SPC Andrew Griffin
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Do you Agree with the steps President Obama is taking to address the Issue of Gun Violence is this Country? Is he wrong for trying to do something about it?
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SPC Andrew Griffin Great question!
It's not that he is using executive action to achieve a goal that is the problem.
He says he is doing it because Congress will not, which is not a true statement. Congress has done what he asked multiple times and in return asked him to consider amendments to the legislation to fix errors. Instead of considering amendments he uses executive orders to rewrite the law. His administration's law. Think about that.
He has used executive orders to block legislative action and to out flank members of Congress.
He uses it at his own discretion and not in the interests of the country or the population as a whole.
How do we know this? Because, he uses it on issues he wants to put through but doesn't use it if it's not something he's personally interested in, saying he has no power to act.
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SPC Andrew Griffin
SPC Andrew Griffin
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Outstanding! Outstanding! Outstanding Points!
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Capt Seid Waddell
Capt Seid Waddell
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CPT (Join to see), I find it amazing that Obama can be moved to tears at the thought of guns in the hands of Americans while at the same time he releases hardened terrorists from GITMO. Are American citizens really more dangerous than the "worst of the worst" of the terrorists captured on the battlefield in his mind?

The "thinking" of the hard leftist ideologues is a puzzle to me.
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
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This assumes there is a "critical issue with Gun Violence."

We must first look at two things.

1) Why are we segregating Violence based on the Tool? It's just Violence.
2) Is there a "critical issue with (Gun) Violence?

Let's address 2) first. ALL Violence, to include "gun" violence has been on the (steady) decline for the last 40 years. That being said, is this really a "critical" issue? As gun sales are increasing EXPONENTIALLY, and VIOLENCE is decreasing steadily, we must look at your premise as false.

So, why should the President use Executive Action, which is designed ONLY in absence of Law, or to Clarify existing Law to "solve a problem" which does not actually exist?
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COL Vincent Stoneking
COL Vincent Stoneking
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On the plus side, from what I have read (White House fact sheet), the executive order seems to amount to "the current law? Yeah, let's do that. Oh, and let's hire some more dudes."

After all the hype - on both sides - the product was very meh.
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SPC Andrew Griffin
SPC Andrew Griffin
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Capt Seid Waddell - Interesting Point!
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SPC Andrew Griffin
SPC Andrew Griffin
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COL Vincent Stoneking - Outstanding point!
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SPC Andrew Griffin
SPC Andrew Griffin
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Thank you for the Clarity Brother!
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Capt Seid Waddell
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No. His measures will have no effect on gun violence but will distract from his foreign policy failures.
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PO2 Mark Saffell
PO2 Mark Saffell
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and will bring voters out to vote the Dems out of office
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SPC Andrew Griffin
SPC Andrew Griffin
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Fair Point!
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SPC Andrew Griffin
SPC Andrew Griffin
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PO2 Mark Saffell - You think so?
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TSgt John Hotelling
TSgt John Hotelling
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PO2 Mark Saffell - lets hope so
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