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FNC legal analyst Peter Johnson on the president’s executive orders regarding gun rights.
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Our next guest says allowing doctors to -- patients whether they have guns in their homes is legally indefensible.
Turning the doctor into an agent of the federal government.
It's Peter Johnson trial public to turn Fox News legal analyst Peter good to have you with us -- -- that's precisely what the president is talking about doing.
Yeah one of the executive orders and say let's look at this notion of having doctors ask people.
About what they have guns in their home.
Now what's the next step Lewin was as part of Obama care to begin with was this part of the plan.
By which the government becomes literally Big Brother peering into the home saying okay.
But tell me about -- sort of throw it also -- Whether there's a -- In your house at -- and if you tell me that.
Then -- may have an obligation to reported to the federal government or face an economic.
Or other disciplinary sanction that's outrageous and that scared.
-- you heard attorney general -- assay he had expected the president to go farther.
Than he did today with this executive initiatives whether they be memoranda or executive orders.
About you.
No I didn't because of -- he has some understanding of the constitution but the spirit this spirit of the executive orders.
He's interrogation of the Second Amendment let me do what I can they heaped scorn.
And humiliation on gun owners in America let me say that they are people that we should be afraid.
That our children should be afraid of and I embrace the children today is.
Your president but these other folks are not mindful.
Of their interest let me protect.
You from -- Effectively.
Doing what he has become practiced.
Proficient.
And then is demonizing.
-- is opposition.
-- his rivals.
At the same time impugning their motivations.
And simply dismissing their arguments are concerned.
Unfortunately it but this is not a time for demonization this is it time for people thinking about what the real issues are and we -- that there have been studies that show.
And I real doubts about assault weapons but the study show that they have is not.
Increased.
Violence over time.
In America but let's look at all the empirical evidence a two week said a press conferences and press to build these whether vice president.
Does not make a serious study but the connection between guns and violence in this country.
-- LSB hand the call kind of process fact finding it is he is simply weren't so pathetic because of its purpose.
It would be laughable it is laughable but.
You should be concerned about the Second Amendment there should be concerned about people's ability to.
Exercise they're given rights under this constitution but at the same time the NRA and other organizations have to act in a Smart way.
Going forward to Marshal the evidence in a way that doesn't scare people and the city of Angel the facts and this is what we're really concerned about this.
They chose the way of that which it did to point out the discrepancies between the administration's views about.
Our children and their rights to protection and the necessity of protecting a president's children.
But nonetheless the point is this.
The national rifle assertion -- made one proposal went Lapierre the executive right now that is to put armed guards in our schools.
Which was I mean this president stopped his administration stopped the -- Democrats.
-- just about everybody and then it took about a week.
-- facts came out that when the 3000 schools in this country already have armed guard that it's not an absurd idea that it is an appropriate and and and active.
Measure to take now the president himself although he couldn't bring himself to bear to say that he would put those people in those schools he's talking about at least alluding to the same thing.
As a father as a lawyer as someone who's advised schools and has advised people in the criminal justice system.
Governors and mayors in New York City.
I agree with you and the point you made the top of the show.
Is a 100% correct but the president wouldn't go there because it would say.
All I'm really tacitly endorsing the powers of the Second Amendment and they wouldn't do it today.
Tomorrow you could save lives by doing that.
Save the children in the schools have someone standing by to protect them against this kind of eventuality.
And is the president himself and today this is all about protecting our children that -- at least I hope that's -- beacon.
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