The List Of 23 Executive Orders Obama Plans To Sign On Gun Control

By Susan Duclos

Via Business Insider: (H/T The Right Scoop)

1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make
   relevant data available to the federal background check system.
2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the
   Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent
   states from making information available to the background check system.
3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.
4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals
   prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not
   slipping through the cracks.
5. Propose rule making to give law enforcement the ability to run a
   full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.
6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers
   providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.
7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.
8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).
9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.
10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.
11. Nominate an ATF director.
12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.
13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.
14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.
15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability
    and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the
    private sector to develop innovative technologies.
16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.
17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal
    law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law
    enforcement authorities.
18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.
19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.
20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.
21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.
22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.
23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.