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Obama and Other Gun Control Proponents Own Stock in Gun Companies

by AWR Hawkins A February 5th Reuters report shows that staunch gun control proponents President Obama and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) both own stock in gun companies. Obama owns his stock through an Illinois pension plan which, in turn, “has about $5 million invested directly in several gun and ammo makers.” Durbin owns his stock through the S Fund, a “federal retirement benefit” that owns stock in gun manufacturers. So both men own their stock indirectly, but they own it nonetheless. According to Reuters, Obama “has up to $100,000” invested into the Illinois pension plan “from his days in the… View Article