President Obama signs a 23 Point Guns Control Executive Order

http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/president-obama-signs-23-point-gun-control-or

The plan focuses on four areas:  Closing background check loopholes, banning military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, providing schools with safety resources, and increasing access to mental health services.

“This is our first task as a society: keeping our children safe,” he said. “This is how we will be judged, and their voices should compel us to change.”

Obama called on Congress to pass many of the broad measures, like closing the background check loophole, re-instituting the assault weapons ban, and limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.

“Weapons designed for the theater of war have no place in the movie theater,” he said. Pointing out that even Ronald Reagan, who he described as “one of the staunchest defenders of the 2nd amendment,” agreed on tht point.

The president also announced 23 executive actions he’ll take to help reduce gun violence, including directing the CDC to conduct gun violence research and directing Attorney General Eric Holder to review categories of people prohibited from gun ownership to “make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.” That plan also includes a number of directives designed to help the mentally ill get proper treatment.