For the last few weeks, gun owners and constitutionalists have been wringing their hands, worried that Obama's executive orders would implement the left-wing wish list of gun control tropes. We heard he was going to ban "large capacity" magazines, or limit sales of so-called "assault weapons." There were also rumors that he was going to unilaterally strip 2nd Amendment rights based on nebulous watchlists. Two days ago, when he said his orders would be entirely consistent with the Constitution, he tipped his hand. He was going to do none of that.
