Holder: Lack of New Gun Laws My 'Single Failure'

danjoseph | February 10, 2015
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"The gun lobby simply won, you know?"  That's how outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder described what he views as his "single failure" during his tenure heading up the Department of Justice, in a recent interview with MSNBC's Melissa Harris Perry.

“It is the single failure that I point to in my time as attorney general that I was not able to, along with other members of the administration, convince Congress to follow the will of the American people, which is to enact meaningful, reasonable gun safety measures.”

Clearly, Holder does not view his false testimony in the 'Fast & Furious' gun running scandal a failure.  Nor does he see his decision not to prosecute IRS officials after it was discovered that they specifically targeted conservative groups as a failure. When his DOJ authorized a criminal investigation against James Rosen of Fox News for no apparent reason? Nope.  Big success there.

Being held in contempt of Congress. Taking sides in the George Zimmerman case before the facts were known. His botched attempt to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other 9/11 plotters in federal court in New York City.

Yes.  The list of Eric Holder's success as Attorney General goes on and on.  

But not being able to strip people of their Second Amendment rights.  That's the one that really keeps America's top law enforcement official up at night.

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