WASHINGTON DC – This week President Barack Obama – a staunch gun control advocate – commuted the sentences of 214 federal prisoners, including 56 with felony firearms convictions.
That brings the number of Obama's prisoner releases up to 562 – more than the last nine presidents combined. Of those, 200 had life sentences.
President Obama explained his actions on a Facebook post Wednesday, and boasted that "I am not done yet."
Most of the felons on Wednesday’s massive list of commutations were convicted of using firearms while trafficking drugs. Others were charged with illegal possession of firearms because they were already convicted felons, the Federalist Papers reports.
Here's the letter to which the president referred:
