Eric Holder grilled over Fast and Furious in Congress - One at a time, Rep. Darrell Issa held up a thick wiretap application form and slammed it on his dais in the elaborate House Judiciary Committee hearing room. Each time the Vista, Calif.  Republican angrily read out loud the dates – May 15, 2010, April 19, 2010, May 7, 2010, May 17, 2010, June 2, 2010, and July 2, 2010. All of them, he said, “before Brian Terry was gunned down.”  The packages were proof, Issa contended, that the Department of Justice in Washington and perhaps the Obama White House were aware of the flawed tactics in the ATF’s Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation in Arizona that allowed more than 2,000 firearms to “walk” into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.

Ed Rendell: Obama “Wussed Out” On Gun Control - Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell leaves no-one unscathed in his new book "A Nation of Wusses," including his party's own president.  Rendell writes that while on balance President Barack Obama has "definitely not" been a wuss, there was a clear instance in which he "wussed out" — when he decided not to take up gun control legislation after the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabby Giffords.

Capitol Confidential tweeted:

“Cuomo says he’d like to see microstamping bill passed, but he doesn’t expect it to happen any time soon.”

Here is video of his remarks. It starts at the 9:15 mark.

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Coalition of Attorneys General Urge Passage of National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity - As we reported last November, the ongoing effort to fully vindicate the fundamental, individual right to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense took a major step forward with House passage of H.R. 822, the "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011."  The bill, sponsored by Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), has 245 cosponsors and was approved in the U.S. House of Representatives by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 272-154.  After passage in the House, the bill was sent to the Senate, where it remains.  Since November, the Senate has failed to take any significant action on the bill.