President Obama considers bypassing Congress to curb gun violence
 

President Obama considers bypassing Congress to curb gun violence

In the wake of the latest mass shooting in the US, the White House is mulling over the action it can take to quell gun violence.
The Obama administration is also considering bypassing Congress, with the assumption that Republicans would block any efforts to further restrict access to firearms.
Investigators are currently seeking a motive after two suspects, a recently married couple, carried out a deadly attack in San Bernardino, California. FBI officials have not found significant links to terrorist activity — besides a Facebook post praising Isis — and have considered a workplace dispute as a motive.
During the White House daily press briefing, Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that President Obama would consider ways to prevent future attacks as facts are collected. He also chided Republicans who recently blocked two proposed gun control measures in Congress.
"Why on Earth do we think it’s a good idea for somebody that the government thinks is too dangerous to board a plane to be able to buy a gun?" Secretary Earnest asked on Thursday. “But once again, Republicans blocked that legislation that would make that illegal. So we’ve got some work to do.”
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein presented an amendment to an ObamaCare repeal bill that would have blocked firearm sales to people on the federak terrorism watch list. The measure failed 45-54.
“As the investigation moves forward, it’s going to be important for all of us — including legislatures — to see what we can do to make sure that when individuals decide that they want to do somebody harm, we’re making it a little harder for them to do it, because right now it’s just too easy,” Secretary Earnest said.
He added that the White House is also prepared to reform the K-1 visa process that 27-year-old suspect Tashfeen Malik traveled to the US from Pakistan in 2014 when she married Syed Rizwan Farook. Since it involved at least one US citizen, the fiancee visa is typically processed faster than any other visa requests, according to the Washington Post.
"For those who are concerned about terrorism, some may be aware of the fact that we have a no-fly list where people can't get on planes, but those same people who we don't allow to fly could go into a store right now in the United States and buy a firearm and there's nothing that we can do to stop them," President Obama said in a statement on Wednesday. "That's a law that needs to be changed."
As the investigation unfolded, it was revealed that all of the guns used by the attackers were purchased legally with two of them purchased by the attackers.

Bron: The Independent 5 december 2015
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...e-a6761201.html

Eigen mening: President Obama zou het Amerikaans Congres overslaan in een verzwaring van de wapenwet.
Ik vind dit een zeer goede beslissing van president Obama, de wapenwet in de Verenigde Staten is op zijn minst gezegd een grap. Als je aan een wapen wil geraken, kan je er heel makkelijk 1 krijgen. Na toch al enkele voorvallen zoals deze in het verleden, vind ik ook dat het tijd is voor verandering. Het is nu wel duidelijk denk ik, dat de mensen niet met de verantwoordelijkheid van een wapen om kunnen.
Buiten politiemensen vind ik dat de testen voor een wapenvergunning strenger en moeilijker moeten worden, of wapens zouden volledig moeten worden afgeschaft.