Holder has ENOUGH bagge that I truely think there is ENOUGH OF A POSSIBILITY he may NOT BE CONFIRMED......... do you want RUMORS TO FLY THAT AS SOON AS HE, HOLDER, is confirmed BIN LADEN HAS BOUGHT A PARDON???????ROFLThat will be the VERY FIRST UPROAR!!!! TRUST ME!!! LOL
On Nov 21, 12:03 pm, Philobealo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Barack Obama’s nomination of Eric Holder for attorney general will not > sit well with advocates of Second Amendment rights — Holder has > consistently championed stronger gun-control measures. > As deputy attorney general in the Bill Clinton administration from > 1997 to 2001, Holder “was a strong supporter of restrictive gun > control,” according to The Volokh Conspiracy, a Web site that focuses > on the legal system and the courts. > He advocated federal licensing of handgun owners, a three-day waiting > period on handgun sales, rationing handgun sales to no more than one > per month, banning possession of handguns and so-called "assault > weapons" by anyone under age 21, a gun show restriction bill that > would have given the federal government the power to shut down all gun > shows, and national gun registration. > “He also promoted the factoid that ‘Every day that goes by, about 12, > 13 more children in this country die from gun violence’ — a statistic > that is true only if one counts 18-year-old gangsters who shoot each > other as ‘children,’” noted the Web site, founded by law professor > Alexander Volokh. > After the 9/11 attacks, Holder wrote an opinion piece for The > Washington Post arguing that a new law should give "the Bureau of > Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms a record of every firearm sale." He also > said prospective gun buyers should be checked against the secret > "watch lists" compiled by various government entities. > Earlier this year, Holder — who would become the first African- > American attorney general — co-signed an amicus brief in support of > the District of Columbia’s ban on all handguns and on the use of any > firearm for self-defense in the home. > Holder also played a key role in the snatching of 6-year-old Cuban > Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives’ home in April 2000, according > to the Web site. Gonzalez was to be sent to Cuba where his father > lived. > Although a photo clearly showed a federal agent pointing a gun at the > man who was holding the terrified child, Holder claimed that the > federal agents sent to capture Gonzalez had acted "very sensitively." > David Kopel, author of the Volokh Conspiracy report, observed: “If Mr. > Holder believes that breaking down a door with a battering ram, > pointing guns at children (not just Elian), and yelling ‘Get down, get > down, we'll shoot’ is an example of acting ‘very sensitively,’ his > judgment about the responsible use of firearms is not as acute as > would be desirable for a cabinet officer who would be in charge of > thousands and thousands of armed federal agents, many of them > paramilitary agents with machine guns.” > Holder has already come under fire due to his involvement in the Mark > Rich pardon in the final hours of the Clinton presidency. > Billionaire Rich renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to > Switzerland to avoid prosecution for racketeering, wire fraud, tax > fraud, tax evasion, and illegal trades with Iran in violation of the > U.S. embargo following the 1979-80 hostage crisis. > Seventeen years later, Rich wanted a pardon, and he retained Jack > Quinn, former counsel to the president, to lobby his old boss. > Holder had originally recommended Quinn to one of Rich's advisers, > political analyst Dick Morris reported. And he gave substantive advice > to Quinn along the way. > Once the pardon was granted, Holder sent his congratulations to Quinn. > > http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/holder_gun_control/2008/11/21/1538... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
