The Obama administration appears to be gearing up to take steps to tighten gun regulations, according to several sources, including The Washington Post and Fox News.


The Post reported that Obama met recently with Jim and Sarah Brady, founders of the anti-gun group The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, about the administration’s intentions regarding gun control. According to the story, Sarah Brady confirmed that the president said the administration is “working on it (gun control)…but under the radar.”

Meanwhile, Gun Owners of America Director Larry Pratt told Fox News there were two proposals in particular demonstrating the administration’s heightened focus on gun control. Under one proposed rule from the  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), dealers in Southwestern states would be required to report multiple sales of certain kinds of rifles that were made to one person. The Brady campaign maintains that, if passed, this proposal will help the ATF control Mexican gunrunners.


In addittion, ATF released a study in January that analyzed the criteria for restricting the importation of certain shotguns. According to Fox News, the authors were working off a 1968 law that restricts gun imports but exempts firearms used for “sporting purposes.”


Pratt said the shotgun restrictions, if approved, could lead to broader restrictions of other imported long guns.


In April, President Obama wrote an op-ed for the Arizona Daily Star pushing for better background checks, writing that while he believes in the citizen’s right to bear arms, “there’s more we can do to prevent gun violence.”