As an independent myself, I don't have any problem with any of the executive orders Obama signed. In fact, I think they were all excellent ideas.
I'm a little less receptive to the assault weapons ban, because if it's instituted in the way that the previous one was, and guns are not actually taken away (as Obama has assured us), it's not actually going to do anything. I can think of many more things to legislate for the saving of many more lives than the miniscule percentage of fatalities caused by assault rifles. And, considering that the ban would simply ban the new manufacturing of them, it doesn't do anything for the millions of assault rifles that are already here.
So, ultimately I think this is more of a political win that's trying to be made, rather than an attempt to actually solve a problem, which is really disturbing to me in that the administration is trying to score a political win off the backs of 20 dead children because "the picking is good right now", with everyone still emotional over the event and more likely to support the legislation.
Is all that impeachable? Probably not. Happens all the time.
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