I look forward to working with the NRA to come up with ways in which we can use common sense approaches to reduce the level of violence that we see - in our streets, and make the American people as safe as they possibly can be.

In the wake of the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. He earned an A. Holder stepped down from the bench in 1993 to accept an appointment as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from President Bill Clinton.

In that office he prosecuted Congressman Dan Rostenkowski (Democrat Illinois) for corruption charges related to his role in the Congressional Post Office scandal. Holder previously served as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and a United States Attorney.