And 230 more fbi staff to pand background checks. the reason he has to do this is because congressional action failed. one democrat, joe manson behind some legislation up on the hill said today instead of taking unilateral executive action, the president should work with congress and the american people to pass the proposals he announced today. legislation and consensus is the correct approach. and finally a lot of gun rights advocates are pointing to this stat, about the prosecution of criminal weapons convictions by the federal government and there you see it, down 15%. from five years ago, ...