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http://personalliberty.com/texas-lawmaker-fears-major-gun-control-executive-order/

Early this month, Attorney General Eric Holder suggested that the Department of Justice is considering gun control reforms that would require firearms to be equipped with technology to identify authorized users via biometric technology such as fingerprint recognition. This week, Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) said he�s concerned that the DOJ is doing the legwork ahead of an executive order mandating the technology.

�I think that one of the things that we learned when we were trying to get passed those common sense reforms last year, Vice President Biden and I had a meeting with a group of technology people and talked about how guns can be made more safe by making them either through finger print identification, the gun talks to a bracelet or something that you might wear, how guns can be used only by the person who is lawfully in possession of the weapon,� Holder said during his testimony.

In a letter to Holder this week, Cornyn said he wants more information about the Justice Department�s reason for looking into the technology.

�Your testimony has raised serious concerns for my constituents given President Obama�s track-record of acting beyond the scope of his legal authority and your hostility to the individual right to self-defense under the Second Amendment,� Cornyn wrote.

The Senator has asked Holder to answer five questions:

1. Is the Obama administration currently exploring the possibility of an executive order requiring all firearms to possess the technology capabilities you referenced in your testimony?

2. Does the Executive Branch possess the statutory authority to take ant executive action or agency action requiring firearms to possess the technological capabilities you referenced in your testimony? If so, under what provision of law does such authority exist?

3. Would the technological capabilities you referenced in your testimony require, or allow for, the monitoring of American citizens� personally identifying information through a central database or registry?

4. How much, on a per firearm basis, would the technological capabilities you referenced in your testimony cost? Would it be appropriate to require law-abiding Americans to bear the cost of such technologies as a condition of exercising their fundamental constitutional rights under the Second Amendment?

5. Will you assure my constituents and me that, under your supervision, the Department of Justice will not issue regulations requiring law-abiding citizens to equip their firearms with fingerprint-reading technology, or to link them to biometric bracelets?

Cornyn�s questioning puts the Justice Department on the spot, publicizing what was potentially an effort by the Barack Obama Administration to quietly implement onerous gun regulations via the President�s pen.

DOJ spokesman Brian Fallon told Roll Call that the department would review the Senator�s letter.

�For over a year, the administration has been working with firearm manufacturers to promote technologies developed by the private sector that could improve firearm safety,� Fallon added. �Any suggestion that the Attorney General called for physically tracking law-abiding gun owners is a dishonest distortion.�

So he tells ze ro he doesn't know if that would be legal? Alright Cornyman. Way to go.

If he signs such an EO, it'll be time to have a little party.

Firearms manufacturers need to tell Holder and Co. to go straight to hell.

Highly doubtful it would happen that way. Would Obama like to? Sure. Could he? That's another story.

Meh. This is just politcal theater by the rino. There must be an election soon.

Is it just a lack of balls or are they not able to tell him to cease and desist with the executive orders? Congress should be able to put a halt to that kind of shyte if they really wanted to. miles

Lack of balls.

Lots of people in Texas mad at Cornyn. He couldn't even get Cruz to endorse him in the primary. My thought is it's a play for attention and a suck up to the conservative wing in order to show he's not a RINO. That said, it's still a concern. Holder recently submitted a budget to Congress which contained a bunch of money for this and implementation of Universal Registration, which is something the Senate rejected about a year ago. Some people have said gun control itself is a distraction. It may well be but it is like facing the enemy's army and having a Brigade of them move to your flank. As soon as you ignore the "distraction" they will move to destroy you.

Another thing...this may all be a smokescreen and the idea of biometrics applied to guns may be old news, but when a US Senator comes out and does this it gives more legitimacy to the idea this is going to be a push and not just wishful thinking. It's sad when a thread about some joker [bleep] his pants gets more attention than this one.

Chittin' one's self seems appropriate subject material for defeatists, and cynics.

Cornyn's questions need to be answered.

It IS sad,in the apex of an annual celebration of Sacrifice and Resurrection, that discussions about vital National concerns are mocked, spat at by provocative trolls, and shrugged off by "Tough guy" cynics.

Keep your chins up, those of you that can recognize this.

We all deal with sadness, we're supposed to.

GTC

The subjugation of the American people and their Constitution continues unabated
with these socialists in power. They will leave no stone unturned in order to accomplish their goals - even at the peril of our founding documents. Transformational change is in our midst.

Yes.

I do not wish to gloat over the recent confrontation in Nevada and apparent retreat of the bad guy forces from it. However it is worth noting that a lot of the "militiamen" seemed young. That is something to buoy hopes at the very least. The young people in this country are not all just sitting around Tweeting. Some are paying close attention.

Obama seems to use executive orders a lot.
Why?

Too bad Cornyman didn't just come out and say this idea would constitute an infringement on the 2nd A.

Well google will be buying gun co's pretty soon. They just bought the biggest drone co. So this will be their next move. How much money is being given to these co's for this research and tax breaks? Which most of it goes back to democrap coffers as campaign kick backs.

Ding, ding, ding.....winner!

Our own dollars used against us by the elitists who want to control us.

I thought the same thing.