Paul Singer

USA TODAY

If Americans were waiting for President Obama to use his executive authority to totally shut the "gun show loophole" or ban assault weapons, they may be disappointed by the initiative the White House unveiled Monday. The White House instead rolled out a batch of narrowly tailored administrative actions that may have more to do with lawyers than guns.

Here are three things that are in the package (according to the White House fact sheet):

• Hiring more people to run the FBI background check system, so the government can be "processing background checks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

• Requesting from Congress an additional $500 million to increase access to mental health care.

• Clarifying that people selling guns over the Internet can still be required to conduct background checks on buyers if they are "engaged in the business" of selling guns, not just a hobbyist.

And here's the stuff discussed in the days before the announcement that is NOT in the package:

• A requirement that every gun sale in the country is proceeded by a criminal background check.

• A ban on gun sales to people on terrorist "no-fly" lists.

• A ban on large capacity magazines that hold a lot of bullets.

The reason for the difference is that the administration does not believe it has authority under existing laws to do the bigger stuff. So they are using administrative actions to squeeze the stuff out of the corners of existing laws.

Here are the details of the initiative from the White House.

Obama gun actions will focus on unlicensed dealers at gun shows, online