New Gun Regulations - No Congress Required

So, he couldn't get it done the way our democracy is set up so now he's going to go about it the way a dictator would?

Maybe I'm being dramatic, but how is it that with one swoop of a pen the President gets to make law? That's not how it's supposed to work.

From the Associated Press:

"...the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a little-known loophole that lets felons and others circumvent background checks by registering guns to corporations."