<p><span style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 14px;">A few days ago, the <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/white-house-plans-to-release-new-gun-safety-measures-in-the-near-future/" target="_self" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; color: #d50b0b; text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Blaze reported</a> on the low-key plans of the Obama administration to increase the penalties for certain gun law violations, and add steps to the background checks for legal gun ownership.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Today the administration’s plans are beginning to <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-11/gun-sellers-required-to-report-certain-rifle-purchases-in-u-s-.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; color: #d50b0b; text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">come into effect</a>. Through an Executive Order, the Obama administration is implementing new restrictions on the sale of certain weapons in border states, and increasing the penalties for violating certain firearms laws.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/11/atf-to-require-information-on-frequent-gunbuyers-in-border-states/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; color: #d50b0b; text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Fox News</a> is reporting on the purpose of the gun control executive orders:</p>
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<p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; color: #777777; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">“In an effort to stem the illicit flow of weapons into Mexico, the Justice Department announced Monday that all gun shops in four Southwest border states will be required to alert the <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #333300;">f</span><span style="color: #333300;"><span style="color: #333300;">ede</span>ral government</span></span><span style="color: #333300;"> </span>to frequent buyers of high-powered rifles.</p>
<p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; color: #777777; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Under the new policy, federal firearms licensees in Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico must report purchases of two or more of some types of rifles by the same person in a five-day span. The requirement applies to purchases of semi-automatic rifles that have detachable magazines and a caliber of greater than .22.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/11/obama-s-new-gun-control-regulations-exclusive.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; color: #d50b0b; text-decoration: underline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Daily Beast</a> seems to have the inside track on more Executive Orders, however, claiming recent conversations with administration officials. TDB says the upcoming Executive Orders will have more impact than what Fox outlines above, including:</p>
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