In The Months Ahead, I Will Leave

It's Time To Question Laws That Senselessly Expand The Concept Of Self-defense And Sow Dangerous Conflict In Our Neighborhoods. These Laws Try To Fix Something That Was Never Broken. There Has Always Been A Legal Defense For Using Deadly Force If - And The 'if' Is Important - If No Safe Retreat Is Available. But We Must Examine Laws That Take This Further By Eliminating The Common Sense And Age-old Requirement That People Who Feel Threatened Have A Duty To Retreat, Outside Their Home, If They Can Do So Safely.

Let's Deal With Reality. The Reality Is That We Will Be Reading Miranda Rights To The Corpse Of Osama Bin Laden. He Will Never Appear In An American Courtroom.

I'll Leave Here With My Head Held High And With Confidence That History Will Judge My Time Here.

To Those In The Executive Branch Who Say ‘just Trust Us’ When It Comes To Secret And Warrantless Surveillance Of Domestic Communications, I Say, ‘remember Your History.’

If You Want To Call Me An Activist Attorney General, I Will Proudly Accept That Label.