Posted on 09/19/2013 8:29:07 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Attorney General Eric Holder pushed Congress on Thursday to take up gun control legislation in the wake of the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard shooting earlier this week that killed 13 people, including the gunman.
“My colleagues and I remain committed to combating all forms of gun violence, preventing future tragedies, and working with Congress to fulfill the desire of the American people to take common-sense steps to keep guns from falling into the wrong hands,” said Holder in a speech before the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual criminal justice forum in downtown D.C.
“It is past time for us to come to grips with the causes of these too-frequent tragedies.”
Holder pledged the “full resources” of the Justice Department, which includes the FBI, to investigate the shooting by civilian contractor Aaron Alexis.
Alexis bought the shotgun he used in the shooting spree legally from a Virginia gun store after having a background check completed on him.
Several lawmakers have raised questions about Alexis’s mental health, however, citing his arrest in 2011 on weapons charges in Texas while he was serving in the Navy.
Alexis subsequently received an honorable discharge from the Navy. Afterward he checked into two emergency medical centers within a span of five days, receiving a prescription for insomnia at one of them.
Ruby Ridge?
Uhhhh...hey holder...stop giving guns to drug dealers then you ahole!
It’s WAY past time for Congress to tackle Fast’n’Furious.
Holder’s right. We need to get to the bottom of the Fast and Furious debacle right now.
I am so sick of these people....so sick of their baseless empty backasswards arguments and logic....just so sick
It is “past time” for the pinhead holder to be indicted.
That little rooster sucker Holder can start with fast and furious.
Pedestrian attempt at the jedi mind trick. It actually is past time Congress tackled the corruption of Obama and Holder.
Laws prohibiting gun posession by prohibited people don’t work, but laws prohibiting the bearing of arms by lawful citizens seems to work just fine.
Steadman el gun runner speaks.
You’ll need a new Congress.
What we need is a new AG.
Try placing the blame where it belongs Eric.
Lunatic liberals.
Holder’s right. We need to get to the bottom of the Fast and Furious debacle right now.
I second that.
I hope this won’t take time away from the Zimmerman investigation.
He’s going to outlaw shotguns after Joe Biden told us to go out and buy them??? Holder is the worst AG in the history of the nation.
Yeah, let’s talk about Waco.
Where children were gassed.
And innocent women and children died horrific deaths in a fatal fire.
But this is off topic for guns.
Unless they try to gas us, I guess.
As long as he is AG he will bend the rules.
He can’t hold office forever.
Standby to be prosecuted Eric.
Shut up Holder.
12,000 laws aren’t enough?
The last 75 years, since recodes have been kept, 50% of the mass murder from weapons violence has happened in the last five years.
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