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Cebu_4_2
29th August 2013, 11:42 AM
BREAKING: Obama Orders 2 More Anti-Gun Executive Actions, Will Affect Numerous Gun Owners August 29 2013
by Dan Cannon




http://gunssavelives.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/320px-Obama_thinking-300x199.jpgJust days after promising a group a mayors more executive action on gun control, President Obama has made good on his threat.


According to the Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/29/obama-issues-new-executive-orders-against-guns/), the president has ordered two executive actions.


1) Banning the re-importation of military surplus firearms to private entities
This effectively cuts off a source of quality, inexpensive firearms to the American public. For instance, there are literally tons of good condition M1 Garand and M1 Carbine rifles sitting in legal limbo, left over from the Korean War.
This new executive order will insure that the American people will never see these beautiful weapons again.


2) Changing the way NFA items (silencers, short barreled rifles, machine guns) are registered to trusts and corporations, making the process stricter.

“ATF reports that last year alone, it received more than 39,000 requests for transfers of these restricted firearms to trusts or corporations,” the White House said.
Currently, many people register NFA items to trusts rather than themselves individually.
This has several benefits. One is that if your local chief law enforcement officer won’t sign off on an individual tax stamp application you can go the trust route.


Trusts can also offer some level of estate planning when done correctly, insuring that your expensive firearms are legally transferred to the next generation.


It is expected that, at minimum, the person submitting an application in the name of a trust will have to submit more personal information, possibly including photos and finger print cards.

Cebu_4_2
29th August 2013, 11:44 AM
Washington Times:

President Obama ordered two more executive actions Thursday to restrict guns, banning the re-importation of military surplus firearms to private entities and proposing a regulation that would close a loophole in background checks.

On the day B. Todd Jones (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/b-todd-jones/) is being sworn in as the new director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives/), the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/) said the ATF is proposing to conduct background checks on firearms registered to a trust or corporation. The administration said felons and others prohibited from having firearms currently are able to avoid background checks by choosing this route.
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“ATF reports that last year alone, it received more than 39,000 requests for transfers of these restricted firearms to trusts or corporations,” the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/) said.

Also, the administration said it will deny requests to bring military-grade firearms back into the U.S. to private entities, with a few exceptions, such as for museums. Currently, when the U.S. provides military firearms to its allies, either as direct commercial sales or through the foreign military sales or military assistance programs,

those firearms may not be imported back into the United States without U.S. government (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-government/) approval.

Since 2005, the U.S. government (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-government/) has authorized requests to re-import more than 250,000 of these firearms.

The orders follow 23 other executive actions on gun control that the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/) unveiled in January. In the spring, the Democratic-controlled Senate rejected a proposal to require expanded background checks for gun purchases.

“Even as Congress fails to act on common-sense proposals, like expanding criminal background checks and making gun trafficking a federal crime, the president and vice president remain committed to using all the tools in their power to make progress toward reducing gun violence,” the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/) said.

Mr. Obama told a group of big-city mayors on Tuesday that he would be taking more executive actions to curb gun violence.