GOP Congresswoman Rips Obama’s Gun Control Moves: He Is Not Entitled to ‘This Childish Temper Tantrum’
President Barack Obama’s announcement of his executive action on gun control is nothing more than a “childish temper tantrum,” according to one GOP House member.
A gun owner herself, Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) scathingly slammed the president immediately following his unveiling of his planned executive order to increase gun control. During his announcement, Obama said that, in order to protect innocent people, some “constraints on freedom” are acceptable.
“President Obama’s contempt for the 2nd Amendment — and the constitutional separation of powers — is well documented but that does not entitle him to this childish temper tantrum,” Black said in a statement. “This is nothing more than a cheap stunt by a lawless president looking to seal a political legacy in the last months of his failing administration.”
Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) takes her seat for a House Budget Committee hearing. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
“The specific proposal the president has put forth may be more narrowly tailored than, say, his illegal executive amnesty — which, by the way, is still on hold through a court order — but it isn’t any less unconstitutional,” Black told TheBlaze. “For a president who bragged in his speech about having taught constitutional law, he ought to at least understand that Congress makes the laws, not the president — that’s elementary civics.”
Black, who is also a member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, told TheBlaze that as a grandmother and mother she is “as sickened as anyone” by any person who commits any act of gun violence — which is why she has a handgun carry permit.
“f the unthinkable occurs, I am equipped to protect my life and the lives of my loved ones. President Obama doesn’t get that,” she said. “He assigns blame to guns instead of the violent criminals who pull the trigger.”
Black added that Obama’s plans “lack any basis in fact” and pointed to a previous report from the Washington Post that concluded that presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was correct in asserting that none of the major shootings that happened in the U.S. over the past few months could have been prevented by tougher gun laws.
In her statement, Black called on Congress to use any means necessary, including legal action, in order to “put a check on this unconstitutional overreach.”
Republican eyes DOJ budget to block Obama gun orders
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By Tim Devaney - 01/04/16 05:24 PM EST
A powerful House Republican is threatening to block President Obama’s executive order on guns by defunding the Department of Justice (DOJ).
In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department, warned against enforcing the new gun restrictions.
"The next twelve months will be an especially dangerous time for Americans who treasure our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms,” Culberson said.
"I have formally notified Attorney General Lynch that I will aggressively protect our Second Amendment rights using Congress' power of the purse,” he added. "I notified the attorney general that if the Department of Justice attempted to create new restrictions on our Constitutional rights that I would use every tool at my disposal to immediately restrict their access to federal funding.”
Culberson appears to be the first Republican to call to block DOJ funding over the executive action on guns.
In future budget agreements, House appropriators could specifically prohibit the Justice Department from enforcing the gun restrictions without defunding the entire agency.
Culberson warned Lynch not to “create new law” in his letter.
“The House Appropriations Committee will not provide resources to your department for the development or implementation of unlawful limitations on the unambiguous Second Amendment rights of Americans,” Culberson wrote.
Culberson’s letter follows harsh words that Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) had for the Obama administration earlier Monday.
He accused Obama of “subverting” Congress by taking executive action on gun control.
“We all are pained by the recent atrocities in our country, but no change the president is reportedly considering would have prevented them,” Ryan said.
@John A.
I really appreciate your input on this. As a prior FFL, I have no doubt that the BS Obama has been spouting out the last couple days has to be frustrating to say the least. I kid you not, a week ago I was going to set up a trust and head over to one of our class III's to make a deal on 308 can... guess I'll either go the Form 1 route or wait and see if a new Pres might repeal this nonsense.
I'm mad today... just mad
Thanks for that John! Makes sense to me now....well I understand, but it seems a pretty convoluted business.
