One Cannot Understate The Importance Of Eliminating

One Of The Things I Learned Is That You've Got To Deal With The Underlying Social Problems If You Want To Have An Impact On Crime - That It's Not A Coincidence That You See The Greatest Amount Of Violent Crime Where You See The Greatest Amount Of Social Dysfunction.

Whether It Is An Attempt To Bomb The New York City Subway System, An Attempt To Bring Down An Airplane Over Detroit, An Attempt To Set Off A Bomb In Times Square ... I Think That Gives Us A Sense Of The Breadth Of The Challenges That We Face, And The Kinds Of Things That Our Enemy Is Trying To Do.

There Are A Whole Variety Of Reasons I Want To Be Attorney General, A Whole Variety Of Things That I Do As Attorney General That Go Beyond National Security.

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.

With All Do Respect, Senator, I Don't Think This Is An Appropriate Setting For Me To Discuss That Issue. I'd Be More Than Glad To Come Back In An Appropriate Setting To Discuss The Issues That You Have Raised.