From my cold, dead (and old) fingers

Courtesy of my friend Pat, this latest gub law outrage, via UPI:

President Obama's Deputy Attorney General designate David Ogden is circulating a draft of an executive order in which, firearms possession would be severely limited by people over sixty. An assistant to Ogden told us, "It appears that, in these changing times, it is no longer necessary to allow the elderly to be armed. With all of their physical ailments and increasing senility, to leave them in control of a deadly weapon would be ludicrous."
While the Executive Order may sound too powerful, experts in constitutional law state that it is not actually un-constitutional.
"It's a question of wording." states Columbia Law Professor Dr. John Braxton. "The Constitution forbids the Congress, that is, the legislative branch, from passing any laws infringing on gun ownership. The executive branch is not included in this proviso. As long as the Congress doesn't get involved, it's technically a non-issue."
The Justice Department was discussing the idea of a gun ban for seniors during the Carter and Clinton Administration, but public opinion stopped these initiatives. Now, the Obama White House believes differently.
An unnamed aide close to Ogden agreed to talk on the condition of anonymity: "Clinton and Carter didn't have as much of a mandate as President Obama. They were both Southerners, and the Second Amendment was sacrosanct to their constituents. However, President Obama comes from a new sort of politics, where divisive issues like firearms do not apply to him. Quite frankly, it's a shame that no one has had the good conscience to have done this already. It's a simple process, and the majority of the American people will understand it and follow the law."
The enforcement mechanism for this particular executive order has not been published. It is likely that the confiscation of weapons will be similar to Great Britain's handgun ban, in which citizens willingly gave the weapons to police.
It is expected that the executive order will be given around the beginning of July, when senior-related gun deaths reach their peaks.
The aide to Ogden stated: "For eight years you see the rolling back of regulation, and crime has skyrocketed. In fact, in Massachusetts alone, murders have risen 50% since 2002. Armed robbery has also risen dramatically. With such circumstances, we must act boldly."

Rico says that they're talking out their ass, as usual. The actual Second Amendment to the Constitution states:

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Note the lack of reference to Congress, or anyone else in particular. It says "shall not be infringed", and that's what it means. Anything else is wishful thinking on the part of 'well-meaning' liberals. (And they should fire Professor Braxton, if that's how he interprets the law of the land.) Given all the over-sixty gub owners that Rico knows, this ain't gonna happen, people.