executive orders

オバマ米大統領は銃規制強化のため法制定を目指すだけでなく、議会を通さずに単独で行える大統領令を活用する方針を表明しました。今週中に具体策を公表する予定です。
記事ではexecutive actionsとありますが、これはexecutive orders（大統領令）を活用することを指し、たとえ法案として通らなくとも大統領の権限内でできる対策のことを意味します。大統領２期目入りを前に、銃規制強化にあらためて強い決意を示すことになります。（UG）

Details emerge on gun control proposal coming Wednesday

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama will unveil Wednesday a package of gun control proposals that, according to a source, will include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will announce the proposals, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Tuesday.

They will be joined by a group of children who wrote letters to the president in the aftermath of the December 14 shooting rampage by a lone gunman who killed 20 students and six adults at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school, Carney said.

Obama will propose legislative steps he previously has backed, such as a ban on assault weapons, restrictions on high-capacity ammunition magazines and strengthening federal background checks of people attempting to buy guns, according to Carney.

The president also will push for other steps that could include executive actions on his part that don't require congressional approval, Carney noted.

More specifically, the source -- an official familiar with the process -- said the president's proposal will press for a ban on high capacity magazines with more than 10 rounds, universal background checks and a request that funds be made available to help treat mental illness and provide schools with support to enhance their safety.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/15/politics/gun-laws-battle/index.html?hpt=hp_t2