Changes

'''Eric Himpton Holder, Jr''' (January 25, 1951) is the current U.S. Attorney General in the [[Obama Administration]]. He formerly was Deputy Attorney General, serving from 1997 to 2001, in the Clinton administration. Before receiving this appointment, he was the United States Attorney for the [[District of Columbia]], appointed in 1993 upon his resignation from the DC Superior Court. During the transition to the [[Bush Administration]], he was temporarily Acting Attorney General. He succeeded [[Michael Mukasey]].

'''Eric Himpton Holder, Jr''' (January 25, 1951) is the current U.S. Attorney General in the [[Obama Administration]]. He formerly was Deputy Attorney General, serving from 1997 to 2001, in the Clinton administration. Before receiving this appointment, he was the United States Attorney for the [[District of Columbia]], appointed in 1993 upon his resignation from the DC Superior Court. During the transition to the [[Bush Administration]], he was temporarily Acting Attorney General. He succeeded [[Michael Mukasey]].

Holder does not believe in the [[Second Amendment]] and supported the unconstitutional ban on handguns in Washington D.C.<ref>http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/holder_obama_guns/2009/01/15/171877.html</ref> On 2/25/09, Holder told reporters that he wants an "assault weapons ban."<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6960824&page=1</ref> Second amendment scholar Stephen Halbrook testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that while Holder was Clinton's deputy attorney general, the Justice Department broke federal law by storing records of firearms purchases.<ref>http://www.independent.org/newsroom/news_detail.asp?newsID=118</ref>

Holder does not believe in the [[Second Amendment]] and supported the unconstitutional ban on handguns in Washington D.C.<ref>http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/holder_obama_guns/2009/01/15/171877.html</ref> On February 25, 2009 Holder told reporters that he wants an "assault weapons ban."<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6960824&page=1</ref> Second amendment scholar Stephen Halbrook testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that while Holder was Clinton's deputy attorney general, the Justice Department broke federal law by storing records of firearms purchases.<ref>http://www.independent.org/newsroom/news_detail.asp?newsID=118</ref>

In February 2009, Holder called America, "A Nation of Cowards."<ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/holder_america_is_a_nation_of.asp Holder: America Is "A Nation of Cowards"]</ref>

In February 2009, Holder called America, "A Nation of Cowards."<ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/holder_america_is_a_nation_of.asp Holder: America Is "A Nation of Cowards"]</ref>