I'd like to know why more people aren't upset that Trump is trying to make law through executive action. I thought that was ****ty when Obama did it. If the POTUS wants to ban bump-fire stocks, get congress to write the legislation, shepherd it through both houses, and sign it.
Otherwise I think the old School House Rock cartoon needs to be modernized to reflect the discarding of the Constitution.
...the BATFE already has authority in this area (bumpstockj). As has been discussed before, why not just have them revisit the decision that such were allowed?
I'd like to know why more people aren't upset that Trump is trying to make law through executive action. I thought that was ****ty when Obama did it. If the POTUS wants to ban bump-fire stocks, get congress to write the legislation, shepherd it through both houses, and sign it.
The BATF did revisit it last summer when the issue came up. Remember how super-genius Trump was for leaving it up to them knowing they couldn’t do anything? That was asserted right here on INGO. Well. You can’t have it both ways. I’d rather his ardent supporters tell him to stop the nonsense, because he might actually listen if he thought he’d lose you. But it doesn’t sound like like you think he’s doing anything wrong. So what makes this acceptable and what Obama did with executive actions not acceptable. Or have we decided that Presidents are entitled to declare the laws they can’t get passed through congress enacted with their pen and phone?Analogous to a prosecutor never wanting to ask a question he doesn't already know the answer to; never allow congress to formulate a bill you might not be able to control/control passage of. At emotional times like these that's how really, really bad laws get written and passed because the pigs are concerned about maintaining their positions at the trough. I think Trump (rightly) seeks to do as little as possible at this time in this area while still throwing those primarily driven by feelings a bone
That said, the BATFE already has authority in this area (bumpstocks). As has been discussed before, why not just have them revisit the decision that such were allowed?
Have you considered that he might not want to do much and that this is a way to achieve that? The optics look like he is doing something, which takes off the heat, but then at a later time the bureaucracy conveniently finds they don't have the authority. "Aw shucks, we tried."
Which begs the question: why is Trump ordering them to do something they were already in the process of doing anyway?That is similar to the "NRA throwing us under the bus," argument.
There is no having the BATFE revisit revisit bump stocks. They don't need permission (its their job,) they are doing it anyway.
The BATF did revisit it last summer when the issue came up.
The BATF did revisit it last summer when the issue came up. Remember how super-genius Trump was for leaving it up to them knowing they couldn’t do anything? That was asserted right here on INGO. Well. You can’t have it both ways. I’d rather his ardent supporters tell him to stop the nonsense, because he might actually listen if he thought he’d lose you. But it doesn’t sound like like you think he’s doing anything wrong. So what makes this acceptable and what Obama did with executive actions not acceptable. Or have we decided that Presidents are entitled to declare the laws they can’t get passed through congress enacted with their pen and phone?
You can’t have it both ways.
Trumps memorandum is very carefully worded to mean exactly NOTHING. It's brilliant. Whatever lawyer or assistant drafted it is earning their pay
Which begs the question: why is Trump ordering them to do something they were already in the process of doing anyway?
PR? Pandering? Chamberlaining?
Actually, I posted links earlier today in this or another thread, but they were officially asking for input for rule making as recently as December 2017. The process is/was already going.
Trumps memorandum is very carefully worded to mean exactly NOTHING. It's brilliant. Whatever lawyer or assistant drafted it is earning their pay
I hope you're right.