Holder is pretty bad on the 2nd. First, some background.
Back during the first two years of Clinton, the dem congress passed the “Gun Free School Zones” Act (later found to be unconstitutional by SCOTUS). This act made it a felony (federal) to posses any firearmy within 1/4 mile of school property.
Holder was asked to render an official Justice Department opinion on whether this act also applied to home schools. Holder opined that it did. This opinion, had it been enforced, would have rendered it impossible to own a gun in the US. For example, you don’t know who homeschools, if anyone does, in your neighborhood. You have no way of finding out. IOW, keep a gun at home and run the risk of being prosecuted if anyone within 1/4 mile of your house home schools.
BTW, under this act, if you drove by a school with a gun in your car, you were a felon. Want to go hunting? Now find out all the schools along your route. Plot a path staying at least 1/4 mile from each and if you stray within 1/4 mile of someone who home schools, you’re a felon.
That’s an example of Eric Holder and gun rights.
Nice summary. And I believe he wrote an amicus opinion in DC v. Heller supporting the position of the city.
I think we can look forwaqrd to more years of a US attorney general who will seek to reward (or ignore) foreign lawbreakers, while attempting to circumscribe the rights of lawabiding Americans.
He’s a political hack and we’ll fight him every inch of the way.
I am NOT defending Holder. I would still suggest Holder was following Justice Department guidelines and wishes.
No matter what he did before. the real test now will be what he does in the future. No, I’m not giving him a break. I AM, however, demanding he be held accountable now that he will be in charge and responsible for decisions coming from the Justice Department. Janet Reno failed, John Ashcroft passed, the rest are iffy.