Good news, if there's actual follow through. This would be quite a leap for the President, learning to go it alone, expose himself, and risk the ire of his political enemiesSam Stein at Huff Post:
Faced with a Congress hostile to even slight restrictions of Second Amendment rights, the Obama administration is exploring potential changes to gun laws that can be secured strictly through executive action, administration officials say. The Department of Justice held the first in what is expected to be a series of meetings on Tuesday afternoon with a group of stakeholders in the ongoing gun-policy debates. Before the meeting, officials said part of the discussion was expected to center around the White House's options for shaping policy on its own or through its adjoining agencies and departments -- on issues ranging from beefing up background checks to encouraging better data-sharing.The NRA said it wouldn't be caught dead attending the meetings. Perhaps the President has had enough with the GOP snubs.
