What we may get with an Executive Order...

[Streck-Fu]

A ban may have to be legislated but a registry, it seems could be possible. LINK (http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/14/16507554-obama-says-hell-vigorously-pursue-meaningful-assault-weapons-ban?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=2)

Obama said that some measures, like the lifting of restrictions on how the federal government can collect data about guns, can be accomplished by executive order, while others will require legislation

[Badger52]

"Members of Congress are going to, I think, have a debate and examine their own conscience because if in fact - and I believe this is true - everybody across party lines was as moved and saddened as I was by what happened in Newtown, then we're going to have to vote based on what we think is best."It's only his definition of reasonable that counts in any public discussion. Anyone else is polarized as uncaring and he has the nose-ringed info ops mechanism to make that happen. This op is no different than the rest.