Obama taking steps toward gun control.

If there are no hidden loop holes attached to what Mr. O is proposing to help keep guns out of dangerous, incompetent people’s hands; I agree with his plan.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will now require that people who sell guns at stores, at gun shows or over the Internet be licensed and conduct checks, officials said. The ATF was finalizing a rule requiring background checks for buyers of dangerous weapons from a trust, corporation or other legal entity as well.

# 1: People that sell guns, whether they are at a gun show, on-line, at a store  or in a private setting should be licensed and approved by the government.

# 2: The sellers should have their background check to make sure they are competent  people. The sell of fire arms is a very responsible task and the sellers should be scrutinized. I can just imagine how many fruit cakes there are selling guns that are ticking time bombs.

# 3:  In the same token, the people that are buying the guns should also be gone over with a fine tooth comb. How many wack jobs have been involved in mass shootings recently that bought a gun as easy as it would be to buy a pack of chewing gum.

According to his spokesman; Obama’s motivation is to make sure that “criminals, people who are mentally unstable, and those who could pose a danger to themselves and others” are less likely to obtain a firearm. I do not see anything wrong with that.

I also believe that no one except the authorities and the military should own automatic weapons. Why does anyone need an automatic or semi-automatic weapon to go hunting?

The disarmament of such weapons should be started with concentrating on the criminals and the terrorists groups by using any means necessary to relieve them of their weapons. When that is achieved, than I would say that the civilian population should give theirs up.

It may be Obama’s and people in the government that share his mentality long range plan to disarm America, I don’t know but based in his current recommendations, if there are no hidden clauses as there are in so many other government documents, I will support this movement.

This is about public safety FOLKS. What can possibly be anyone’s objection???

In situation such as this, we have to look beyond our selfish motives and consider what is good for the American people (something the politicians of this country have caught on to yet).  If what Obama is proposing helps save lives, what should be the objections?

I know there are many people that disagree with me but; what if one of your family members were in the movie theater when some wacko opened fire? Would your opinion be any different.

These are a few more facts that I uncovered:

Three things that are in the package (according to the White House fact sheet):

• Hiring more people to run the FBI background check system, so the government can be “processing background checks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”  GOOD

• Requesting from Congress an additional $500 million to increase access to mental health care.  VERY GOOD

• Clarifying that people selling guns over the Internet can still be required to conduct background checks on buyers if they are “engaged in the business” of selling guns, not just a hobbyist.  GOOD

Issues not in the package that should be included:

• A requirement that every gun sale in the country is proceeded by a criminal background check. GOOD

• A ban on gun sales to people on terrorist “no-fly” lists.  VERY GOOD

• A ban on large capacity magazines that hold a lot of bullets.  This should be incorporated with the ban on the sale of automatic and semi-automatic weapons. GOOD

If no one has any skeletons in their closet; what can their objection be? Making big bucks is the only answer I can come up with.

I am pleased to say; this is one of the time I do agree with Mr. O; if there isn’t any hidden clauses.