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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (1039038)

11/16/2017 7:53:53 AM

From: locogringo

Respond to of 1578538

Exclusive: Obama Rarely Prosecuted Criminals
Who Sought To Buy Guns Illegally

More than 100,000 convicted felons or other “prohibited persons” tried to buy guns each year during President Barack Obama’s administration by lying on their applications, but the Justice Department only considered prosecuting about 30 to 40 people each year, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation. The Obama administration may have publicly aligned itself with anti-gun activists, but it consistently turned a blind eye to prosecute known criminals who tried to buy guns. A June 2016 Justice Department Inspector General’s report revealed that between 2008 and 2015 the U.S. Attorneys office considered prosecuting “less than 32 people per year”

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