Why is it that we make fun of Ted Cruz’s “sternly worded letters,” but everybody is freaking the fuck out over sternly worded letters from Biden?
EO’s aren’t legally binding, except in areas where the President has that power enumerated in the Constitution. That’s why President Trump’s travel ban EO was eventually instated, but his bump stock ban was thrown out. Immigration control is the purview of the executive branch, but creating new gun laws is not.
As soon as any of these get challenged in court they’re done-zo.
Which came a little too late for the thousands (millions?) of people who were forced to either surrender their bump stocks to the police, or to destroy their own property.
We could speculate about whether bump stock owners chose to take their chances with law enforcement, to hide their bump stocks rather than getting rid of them, but the point is, they all faced legal problems if they were caught with them after Trump's diktat.
Why is it that we make fun of Ted Cruz’s “sternly worded letters,” but everybody is freaking the fuck out over sternly worded letters from Biden?
EO’s aren’t legally binding, except in areas where the President has that power enumerated in the Constitution. That’s why President Trump’s travel ban EO was eventually instated, but his bump stock ban was thrown out. Immigration control is the purview of the executive branch, but creating new gun laws is not.
As soon as any of these get challenged in court they’re done-zo.
"....but his bump stock ban was thrown out."
Which came a little too late for the thousands (millions?) of people who were forced to either surrender their bump stocks to the police, or to destroy their own property.
We could speculate about whether bump stock owners chose to take their chances with law enforcement, to hide their bump stocks rather than getting rid of them, but the point is, they all faced legal problems if they were caught with them after Trump's diktat.
(edit: I didn't down vote your post, FWIW)