Gun Sales: White House to Impose Expanded Background Checks WITHOUT Congressional Approval; Kurt Russell: It’s INSANE

By The Associated Press. President Barack Obama’s advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval.

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.

Jarrett spoke Wednesday night at a vigil for the victims of the Newtown shooting, according to a summary provided by the White House. (Read more from “Gun Sales: White House to Seek Expanded Background Checks” HERE)

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Kurt Russell: Gun Control Won’t Stop Terrorists

By Bardford Richardson. Actor Kurt Russell says the notion that gun control laws can prevent terrorist attacks is “absolutely insane.”

“If you think gun control is going to change the terrorists’ point of view, I think you’re, like, out of your mind,” Russell told the movie blog Hollywood Elsewhere on Monday. “I think it’s absolutely insane,” he added.

The “Miracle” and “Escape from New York” star said America needs to instill fear in its enemies, rather than cower before them.

“The problem — the problem that we’re having right now to turn it around … you may think you’ve got me worried about what you’re gonna do? Dude, you’re about to find out what I’m gonna do, and that’s gonna worry you a lot more,” he said. “And that’s what we need.”

“If I’m a hockey team and I’ve got some guy bearing down on me as a goaltender, I’m not concerned about what he’s gonna do. I’m gonna make him concerned about what I’m gonna do,” he added. (Read more from “Kurt Russell: Gun Control Won’t Stop Terrorists” HERE)

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