Obama’s Draft Gun Control Executive Orders

(Washington, PMNS)

A draft of the 19 gun control items President Obama intends to pursue via Executive Order were provided by a senior advisor who was not authorized to discuss their release. They are as follows:

1. Assault weapon ban
2. Handgun ban
3. Long gun ban
4. Shotgun ban
5. Ammunition ban
6. Magazine ban
7. New lifelong waiting periods
8. Making guns illegal in schools
9. Making guns illegal in cars
10. Making guns illegal in the outdoors
11. Making guns illegal on private property
12. Making guns illegal on government property
13. Making gun possession a hate crime
14. Making ammunition possession a hate crime
15. Making magazine possession a hate crime
16. Making concealed carry a federal crime
17. Making open carry a federal crime
18. Paintball gun ban
19. Requiring all Americans wear body armor

A twentieth order, banning all pictures of guns, ammunition, and magazines, was considered but rejected due to First Amendment concerns.

Several prominent Democrat lawmakers say the proposals don’t go far enough, but that they are willing to support the President’s decisions while more restrictive legislation can be drafted.

Waivers to the Executive Orders—limited to Democrats only—will be subject to President Obama’s personal approval.

(Philup Nubia and Zerxes Jones-Smith from PMNS’s Chicago Information, Research, and Translation Service enclave contributed to this article.)