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Executive Orders & Gun Rights
Often I hear people say that a President can not restrict gun rights because the Congress would never pass these laws. This is always used by firearms enthusiast who vote for an anti-gun candidate for the White House. I personally have always accepted this and felt pretty comfortable that the Congress most likely would not pass any major anti-gun legislation. However, recently I noted some of the Executive Orders that have been issued and this got me wondering if a President could issue an executive order for instance reducing magazine capacities, banning “assault rifles”, restricting concealed carry or other restrictions.
So, for those of you that are more students of the Constitution than I could a President issue such executive orders?
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A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
- Milton Friedman
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