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Executive HOME action SWEET HOME on gun control
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BY AVA GARCIA
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I think that people are just getting smarter and they’re hearing our message that you need to lock your stuff up,” — UAPD Sergeant Filbert Barrera
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Arizona returns home for statement win over early Pac-12 leader Washington for 48th straight victory in Mckale Center
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ARIZONA GUARD Gabe York (1) and forwards Mark Tollefsen (23) and Ryan Anderson (12) celebrate in McKale Center on Thursday, Jan. 14. Arizona defeated Washington 99-67 behind Anderson’s 21 points and nine rebounds.
President Barack Obama announced his new plan of executive action to tackle gun control in a speech on Jan. 5, 2016, in the White House East Room. His plan includes four main components that were outlined in his speech, which can be found on the White House website. The first component of the executive action requires the licensing of gun sellers and expands background checks on gun buyers, both over the internet and in stores and gun shows. Julian Sharpe, a pre-business sophomore and a member of both the UA College Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty club, sees a problem with this. “He tried to legislate through executive order by saying that anybody who sells a firearm, even if it’s to your family member or to your close friend, that you are now a gun dealer and now you must get a license to sell guns, which means you would have to do background checks for these purchasers through the federal system,” Sharpe, who identifies as a libertarian and runs the Students for Rand club, said. “I don’t think that people are going to be abiding to that, especially if they are criminals.” Sharpe also said that there could be difficulties in regulating private transactions federally. Some think there could be benefits to increased background checks. Ian Winner, an astronomy junior who considers himself an independent who leans on the liberal side, said that increased background
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