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Video: President Obama and VP Biden Unveil Proposals to Reduce Gun Violence

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lawhawk1/16/2013 11:12:52 am PST

Legislative agenda means that Congress gets to consider. That means that Congress gets to chew through the legislative recommendations by the Administration and spit out whatever it doesn’t want/like.

Hardly tyrannical. It’s the legislative process after all.

Of the recommendations, the universal background checks is something that could potentially see the light of day as well as some of the mental health provisions.

While the attention is on AWB, the overwhelming majority of homicides and suicides are carried out with handguns, which aren’t being treated by a AWB. The mental health provisions could potentially reduce the suicide rates and crimes by the mentally ill, and that by itself would be a significant achievement. How it gets done - respecting the privacy and rights of the mentally ill is a challenge, but one that can be overcome.