The president has emergency powers. It’s time he used them!
I was disappointed in President Biden’s speech on gun control. He had the megaphone to demand congressional action but instead of being loud and demanding action. “My fellow Americans, enough. Enough.” He should have said if congress won’t pass the needed laws I will take action.
What could he do as president? The National Emergencies Act (NEA) enacted September 14, 1976, codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1601–1651) is a United States federal law passed to end all previous national emergencies and to formalize the emergency powers of the President.
Congress has delegated at least 136 distinct statutory emergency powers to the President, each available upon the declaration of an emergency. An explanation on wikipedia.org also lists the specific situations when the act was implemented. For health reasons asylum seekers have been required to apply from outside the United States.
For health reasons the president could implement requirements pertaining to the use of firearms. The health reason? Savings lives!
Coast Contact 