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I found a story on Obama's current policy on gun control.

This is the link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/obama-gun-control-proposals_n_2486919.html

Obama has issued twenty three executive actions that require stricter gun control laws. His policy has four points: to focus on mental health, more law enforcement, school safety, and the availability of firearms. He wants to increase mental health help, provide more law enforcement, increase school safety, and restrict the availability of the majority of firearms.

The president has the enumerated power of an executive order, which holds the full force of a law. Obama could issue an executive order and use the recent mass shootings as justification. He has already issued 23 executive actions though.

Informally, the president can pocket veto, meaning let a veto sit so long that it dies. I think Obama could threaten to pocket veto every bill Congress sends him until they send him the gun control bill he wants.