Shimkus Opposes President's Executive Actions

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Published on January 5 2016 3:09 pm
Last Updated on January 5 2016 3:21 pm
Written by Greg Sapp

Local Congressman John Shimkus opposes President Obama's efforts to take executive action concerning guns.

Obama's plan to broaden background checks forms the centerpiece of a broader package of measures the president plans to take on his own in the final year of his presidency.

Shimkus said, "If the executive actions President Obama is proposing are constitutional and will save lives, why has he waited until the final year of his presidency to act? It's simple: because they are not legal and they will not work."

Shimkus added, "Today's news isn't about winning the war against terrorism, improving public safety or getting serious about the mental health crisis in America. It's a purely political announcement designed to punish and scare the millions of law abiding gunowners the Obama Administration despises. These actions will not hold up in court. They will not stop gun violence, and they will be met with a legislative response because we, conservative Republicans in Congress, do not take kindly to people touching the Bill of Rights."