Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus Tuesday slammed President Barack Obama's
executive actions on guns, calling them "overreach" that were "all about burnishing the president's legacy and boosting Democrat enthusiasm in a presidential election year.
"Ever since the American people voted to place a check on President Obama's agenda, he has routinely overstepped his constitutional authority to force his policies on the American people and this gun-control push is no different," Priebus said.
"The Supreme Court reaffirmed that gun ownership is a constitutionally protected right, but that clearly hasn't stopped President Obama and the Democrats' obsession with restricting the Second Amendment.
"The recent tragedies that have gripped our country are heartbreaking, but none of the unilateral restrictions President Obama is proposing would have prevented them, making his proposal all the more insulting and political," he added.
"But that's no excuse for subverting the will of the people's representatives in Congress, and the American people won't tolerate President Obama's dangerous power grab."
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