Governor Perry Responds to Obama’s Gun Control Demands

Texas Governor Rick Perry wasted no time rebutting President Obama's order for tougher gun restrictions today.

The president said Wednesday that he was enacting 23 measures by Executive Order that don't require the backing of lawmakers, such as: ordering federal agencies to make more data available for background checks, appointing a director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and directing the Centers for Disease Control to research gun violence. Convincing Congress to agree with these measures is another story.

The President's actions drew fire from pro-2nd Amendment groups and politicians accusing him of acting like a dictator, with little in his measures dealing with the actual problem, mental health.After the President's speech, Perry's office issued the following statement:

“The Vice President’s committee was appointed in response to the tragedy at Newtown, but very few of his recommendations have anything to do with what happened there.
“Guns require a finger to pull the trigger. The sad young man who did that in Newtown was clearly haunted by demons and no gun law could have saved the children in Sandy Hook Elementary from his terror.
“There is evil prowling in the world – it shows up in our movies, video games and online fascinations, and finds its way into vulnerable hearts and minds. As a free people, let us choose what kind of people we will be. Laws, the only redoubt of secularism, will not suffice. Let us all return to our places of worship and pray for help. Above all, let us pray for our children.
“In fact, the piling on by the political left, and their cohorts in the media, to use the massacre of little children to advance a pre-existing political agenda that would not have saved those children, disgusts me, personally. The second amendment to the Constitution is a basic right of free people and cannot be nor will it be abridged by the executive power of this or any other president.”

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