Executive Orders: the Big 23

Love Vodkapundit's summary of President Obama's Big 23!

1. Issue a memo.
3. Pay the states some money.
4. Categorize people.
10. Release a report.
11. Make a nomination.
16. Hector doctors.
17. Release a letter.

For another good look, see also Kevin Z. Williamson's The Sacred Cow Slaughterhouse, where he engages in Dismantling the Mouthbreather In Chief's Gun Policies [emphasis his, on his own thoughts on the particular order]:

1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.

Meaning "nothing."  This is supposed to already exist.  The mass of the bureaucracy makes it awkward, and adding more bureaucracy is not the answer.

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.

In other words, tell him to do his job?  And would this include NOT selling guns to Mexican drug lords?

6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.

I've never met an FFL who didn't know how to do that.  It's already in the "guidance."  You can even call ATF and they'll talk you through it. [Ex-pat Note: I've seen a supposed copy of the letter (hat-tip to Sebastian) and it really doesn't tell me anything that I didn't already know as an FFL. Nothing new and nothing helpful!]

7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.

Ads about gun safety from idiots who don't know a fucking thing about guns.  Great.

8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).

Because criminals are very concerned about keeping their weapons secure.