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on May 8, 2016 in World News

Enacting Gun Control ‘One Of The Greatest Honors Of My Life’

by AWR Hawkins Former president Bill Clinton said May 4 that enacting gun control was “one of the greatest honors of my life.” Clinton was speaking at a Brady Campaign’s gun control awards ceremony in Los Angeles, May 4. Breitbart News previously reported that Brad Pitt and Adam McKay were co-chairs for the ceremony. And People magazine reports that Clinton attended and gave “an impromptu 30-minute speech at [the] event.” Clinton referenced signing the Brady Handgun Prevention Act in 1993, which eventually spawned the background check system for gun purchases in 1998. He also referenced signing an “assault weapons” ban in 1994,… View Article

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on May 7, 2016 in World News

Barack Obama commutes the sentences of 58 inmates – here are their names

Obama has now granted clemency to a total 306 inmates, 110 of whom were serving life sentences Sari Horwitz President Obama commuted the sentences of 58 inmates Thursday as part of his ongoing initiative to release federal prisoners who have received severe mandatory sentences for non-violent drug offenses. With this latest round of commutations, Obama has granted clemency to a total 306 inmates, 110 of whom were serving life sentences. Obama has said he will continue granting commutations during his final months in office to inmates who meet certain criteria set out by the Justice Department. Of the inmates granted clemency… View Article

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