Kurt Hoffman notes Obama’s pick for the Department of Justice. This is the position that will most affect gun owners, and his stance on gun rights doesn’t look good. I will say, however, that if Mr. Holder can prevent his department from burning down houses with children in it, murdering women and children with sniper fire, or pointing submachine guns at 6 year olds, his record will at least be better than his Democratic predecessor. I will hope that he adopts Obama’s “Yes we can!” attitude in terms of trying to achieve that particular goal. Come to think of it, it wouldn’t really be that hard to top the performance of the last Republican occupant of that office either. I would hope Mr. Holder can agree with us that these are realistic, and achievable goals.
UPDATE: Someone points out that Ruby Ridge was at the end of the Bush I presidency, and that would seem to be correct. But I would note that it doesn’t appear Janet Reno did much housecleaning to get rid of the people who concocted the unlawful rules of engagement.