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Originally Posted by jason_iowa
Obama has never signed any gun control in fact he has deregulated. Keep your eye on the ball people.
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To the contrary, the Obama Administration has added several regulations (13 ATF rulings since 2009) and proposed additional regulations:
1. Added multiple sales reporting requirement for semi-automatic rifles in border states:
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433527
2. Proposed a new sporting purposes test for shotguns that would ban import of many and cause many domestic shotguns to be classified as destructive devices:
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=445790
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=450184
3. Reversed United States stance on UN Arms Trade Treaty to acceptance rather than opposition.
If we want to keep our eye on the ball, I'd suggest that paying attention to some of the more subtle moves like these (let alone things like Fast and Furious) are just as important as legislation. To be fair though, not all of the rulings were negative and some were an improvement.