MR O could write an executive order and bypass the house/senate
Errr no. The President can dictate a Policy via Executive Order. He can not author a law and legislate. A firearms related example; Following the National Firearms Act which laid out Machine Guns as a taxable item, the then President FDR issued and executive order instructing that no Machine Gun Tax Stamps were to be issued. Since you couldn't buy the stamps you couldn't legally own the machine gun. He did not have the power to change the law and make Machine Guns illegal. He cannot issue an AWB by executive order. I understand Obama is wildly unpopular here but really a lot of y'all need to brush up on civics.