The list grew to 23.
The following is a list,
provided by the White House, of executive actions President Obama plans
to take to address gun violence.
1. Issue a Presidential
Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available
to the federal background check system.
2. Address unnecessary legal
barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information
available to the background check system.
3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.
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.
5. Propose rulemaking to give
law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an
individual before returning a seized gun.
6. Publish a letter from ATF
to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run
background checks for private sellers.
7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.
8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).
9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.
10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.
11. Nominate an ATF director.
12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.
13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.
14. Issue a Presidential
Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the
causes and prevention of gun violence.
15. Direct the Attorney
General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of
new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to
develop innovative technologies.
16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.
17. Release a letter to health
care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from
reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.
18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.
19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.
20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.
21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.
22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.
23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.
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