President Obama plans executive action on gun background checks

Congress won’t act, so President Obama is looking at what he can do through executive action. It’s a story we’ve heard again and again, and now we’re hearing it on gun laws:

White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says the president has asked his team to complete a proposal and submit it for his review "in short order." She says the recommendations will include measures to expand background checks.

Background checks are very popular policy, according to polls. Though of course once Obama takes action, the people who oppose everything he does even when they supported it the previous day will be outraged.