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Nearing the end of his term, President Barack Obama pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others. These efforts roughly doubled the amount of pardons and commutations granted over the past eight years. For many, this information merits a shrug of the shoulders. However, it’s not uncommon for other people to have incidences... [Read More]

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We’ve seen the news reports about how most of the guns recovered from crimes in the U.S. can be traced back to a small percentage of gun dealers. An ATF study revealed that 57 percent of crime guns were traced back to just 1.2 percent of the FFLs. One such bad apple was Badger Guns,... [Read More]

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Since 2009, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has seen the number of licenses for gun makers in Florida rise by nearly 350 percent. Nationally, the growth has been about 250 percent. According to the ATF, just over 3,000 Class 7 licenses to make firearms were issued nationally in 2009. But that... [Read More]

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