Posted on 08/09/2016 6:28:31 PM PDT by jazusamo
Richard Reid was already a two-time felon when authorities searched his Delaware apartment and found marijuana, crack cocaine divided into sales-size plastic bags, powder cocaine, a scale — and a loaded .32 caliber handgun, an unloaded .25 caliber pistol and ammunition for two other types of weapons.
Last week, President Obama commuted Reid’s 25-year sentence and made him one of the hundreds of drug users and dealers who the White House says have done enough time.
But at the same time, Mr. Obama forgave scores of gun crimes convictions for the offenders, raising thorny questions about whether the White House is serious about keeping guns out of “the wrong hands” — a refrain of the Obama administration in the wake of mass shootings.
Mr. Obama forgave six of Reid’s gun crimes, in addition to the drug trafficking and possession offenses for which he was convicted in 2007.
He is one of 107 federal inmates who have had gun crimes convictions pardoned or sentences commuted during this administration, including a number who used firearms while dealing drugs or who carried them despite having felonies on their records. Still others were caught lying to gun dealers or carrying weapons with the registration numbers filed off — suggesting an even deeper level of gun crime.
“This is the most incredible hypocrisy,” said Erich Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America. “The president has commuted the sentences of dangerous criminals who were convicted of gun-related charges. But then, he does everything in his power to block law-abiding gun owners from purchasing firearms.”
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Vote buying again?
Conservatives don't commit crimes with gun at anywhere near the percentage that liberal law-breakers do and so they must have their guns confiscated and also be shown no forgiveness because they do not cooperate in moving the gun control agenda forward.
He rewards his friends. He punishes his enemies. Simple.
Hypocrisy driven by absolute hate for America’s INDIVIDUAL freedoms and a sick, twisted desire to have absolute, unaccountable control over every individual. All this laced with a complete disregard for the underlying system of laws that are America.
Keep their Cells warm , they’ll be back
It’s just that Hussein is on a Jihad against White Gunz.
I was going to say he needs these guys out for BLM foot soldiers.
Theys still cracker cops to fry like bacon.../s
He just doesn’t want normal citizens to be able to defend themselves.
He doesn’t care if criminals have guns or if they are on the streets . Expect this guy to pardon tons of violent offenders before he leaves office.
Bump!
The cycle will continue with guys like this. He’ll commit more crimes making innocent people the victims, then law enforcement will have to arrest him, then the court and a jury will have to convict him. Then he ends up back in a cell.
Talk about wasting taxpayer money and victimizing the innocent. Obama’s reign of terror needs to come to an end ASAP.
U.S. Constitution-Article II-Section 2.
The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons
for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
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I have never quite understood why this authority was given to the president.
“Obama - Soft on gun crime!”
Non-violent crimes while armed. They surely would have used those guns if they needed to. That’s why they carried them.
Wudda scum ball.
You’re absolutely right, and you’d think the _resident of the United States would realize that, he actually does but he has an agenda.
Did anyone in the White House Press Fanboy Club ask Josh Earnest (snicker) about these Gun toting Felons who are being released into our Civil Society?
Sorry folks, the Country all of us were born and raised in does not exist anymore. The Lawless are rewarded while we the Law Abiding are being stripped of our God Given Constitutional Rights.
If Hillary gets in it’s all over, especially if the DemoncRats get the House and Senate back, not that not the Republicans having control of the Legislature has stopped Obama from instituting his Reign of Terror.
Where are all of the Momunists?
Where is the outrage?
Now we know who will be in his personal little army.
Because people aren’t evil, just inanimate objects.
It is anarcho-tyranny in its most pure form.
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