Cue Right Wingers

He's trying to take your guns!

President Barack Obama formally announced plans to expand background checks to buy guns and impose other restrictions on firearms through executive action. The order bypasses Congress, further feeding sentiments about the administration’s overreach.

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The measure will broaden the definition of a gun dealer and expand the mandatory background checks to private sales, including on what some call the “gun show loophole.” Gun sellers at flea markets, gun shows and online have been able to dodge federal requirements by choosing to forego a dealer’s license. The new executive action will expand the definition so that those individuals will be considered gun dealers as well.

The action will also mandate the hiring of more FBI personnel for the agency’s background check system, so the government can process background checks “24 hours a day, 7 days a week.” To enforce the new rules, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Arms and Explosives (ATF) will get 200 more agents.

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Patient records concerning mental health will be shared with the background check database, Obama announced.

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Not just take your guns, but expand federal agencies, and get access to your medical records.

Technology should be developed to make guns safer, the president argued, including child-proofing and digital locks.

"If we can't unlock our phone without having the right fingerprint, why can't we do the same for guns?" Obama said.

Yes, and automobile manufacturers are regulated by the government to make their product safer, but you'll notice this was only a suggestion for guns.

I admit, I do have to wonder about the timing. All those mass murders in the US and nothing. Some militia take over a federal wildlife refuge, and snap! Gun reform.

Republican critics have accused the president of going too far with the action, calling it executive overreach, and have threatened to fight it by withholding Justice Department funding.

Of course they have.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 1:11pm:  Ted Cruz was already on it...