Holder tells Senate committee Justice Department supports more 'gun control'

In unmistakably clear admissions before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Nov. 18, Attorney General Eric Holder signaled strong administration support for additional "gun control" edicts.




Law Enforcement Alliance of America, the only national law enforcement organization to oppose Holder's confirmation, issued a press release warning:



Drawing reasonable conclusions from what Holder publicly said, we now know:



• Holder wants a national, permanent gun registration system administered by law enforcement. A registration of honest citizens that have cleared the federal background check for gun purchases with those records permanently retained by and shared among law enforcement.



• Holder wants new federal authority to prohibit any person on the federal watch list (reported to be 400,000 names) from buying guns and supports confiscating guns from those on the list who possess them.







But I thought all of you naysayers said the government didn't want to take guns away from citizens? Holder (the brains behind Waco) has always belived that the only ones that should have guns is law enforcement and the military.







And as we've seen before, that "no fly list" nets some peculiar catches:



U.S. Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy said yesterday that he was stopped and questioned at airports on the East Coast five times in March because his name appeared on the government's secret "no-fly" list.



Besides which, our entire criminal justice system is supposed to be based on presumption of innocence. But let's explore the rationale of those who think differently: If denying gun purchases to people on government suspicion lists is "good" (an no one thinks this will be limited to Al-Qaeda and not include "homegrown" persons of interest, do they?), then disarming these suspects and taking away their existing arms must be "better."







Of course it won't. Every veteran that is considered a terrorist threat is going to have their rights stripped and probably won't even know it. That is untill they try to buy a gun and are denied. Registering guns serves only one purpose, confiscation. Just ask 6 million jews about that. Oh, Wait, you can't because they are all dead. Exterminated by a government that required registration of all firearms and then confiscated them. Can't happen here? Hopefully their efforts will be defeated. I will not register my guns, period. It's none of the governments buisness what I own.



From the LEAA press release,







http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/attorney-general-holder-reveals-aggressive-gun-control-in-response-to-ft-hood-terror-attack-70535237.html







Attorney General Holder Reveals Aggressive Gun Control In Response to Ft. Hood Terror Attack











WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Before the Senate Judiciary Committee November 18th, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder revealed a stunningly broad and aggressive anti-gun agenda.



"The President of the United States asked that politicians not use the Ft. Hood attack to engage in 'political theater.' It appears those committed to attacking gun owners and the Second Amendment simply can't help themselves and are engaged in blaming guns and gun owners on the heels of this terrorist attack. Sadly it looks like 'politics as usual,'" said LEAA's spokesperson, Ted Deeds.



After explaining and defending his decision to give enemy combatants constitutional protections and the right to public trial in civilian courts, Attorney General Holder revealed his support for a national gun owner registration scheme and authorizing the government to ban firearm possession for any person by merely adding that person's name to the terror watch list.



Drawing reasonable conclusions from what Holder publicly said, we now know:



Holder wants a national, permanent gun registration system administered by law enforcement. A registration of honest citizens that have cleared the federal background check for gun purchases with those records permanently retained by and shared among law enforcement.

Holder wants new federal authority to prohibit any person on the federal watch list (reported to be 400,000 names) from buying guns and supports confiscating guns from those on the list who possess them.



Transcribing General Holder: "The position of the Administration is that there should be a basis for law enforcement to share information about gun purchases." "... [It's not] inconsistent to allow law enforcement agencies to share that kind of information, for that information to be retained and then to be shared by law enforcement." "It seems incongruous to me that we would bar certain people from flying on airplanes because they are on the terrorist watch list and yet we would still allow them to posses weapons." {Emphasis added}



LEAA's Executive Director Jim Fotis said, "Those behind the badge don't believe more restrictions on honest gun owners is a reasonable, practical or constitutional response to acts of terrorism. As a retired officer, I know that America's men and women in blue want to fight terrorism, to stop terrorists; not waste time keeping records on innocent gun owners!"



www.leaa.org







I was very vocal about the appointment of Holder to the AG position. When I expressed my reservations to Sen. Grassley I was ignored. Grassley voted to approve this abbomination to the top cop spot. This is the position of the Obama administration. They have a agenda to relive all law abiding citizens of the means to protect themselves. Holder is just one cog in the wheel.