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Justice department to keep mentally ill people from getting their hands on firearms. they talked about better tracking and coordination, julie. julie: mike, the attorney general did get quite an earful today on the issue of fort hood. reporter: that s right. texas republican congressman roger williams represents the community, he offered prayers for the wounded and expressed anger about the way the 2009 attack was labeled. this administration s workplace violence designation clearly favors political correctness over truth and justice. nobody in america the thinks this was workplace violence. they know it was a terrorist attack. but lately in attack workplace violence, the victims of this attack have been denied the benefits, treatments and awards their deployed counterparts receive when wounded or killed overseas. reporter: and williams believes those who were wounded in the 2009 attack should ....
He believed he was on the wrong side of the war, the attack was tried as a case of workplace violence, not as an act of terror. well, that s manager that three republican lawmakers want to change. listen. we ve all been reluctant to do anything up to this point that would possibly benefit major hasan s defense. this administration s workplace violence designation clearly favors political correctness over truth and justice. jon: well, those lawmakers, including the very powerful texas senator john cornyn, are pushing a bill that would reclassify the fort hood shootings as an act of terrorism. that opens the door for victims and their families to receive the same benefits and distinctions they would receive if they were injured or killed in combat, say on the fields of afghanistan, for instance. lis wiehl is a fox news legal analyst, doug burns a criminal defense attorney. they are with us to talk about some of the legal ramifications here. lis, it seems like a no-brainer. absolute ....
Politics page and sign up for daily political newsletter. you will get the political headlines and there are a lot of them right now. foxnewspolitcs.com. bill: that was a rockin song. more at 5:00. three republican lawmakers out of texas going to their home state saying they are there to right a wrong. reclassifying the fort hood shooting as of course 6 terrorism. nidal hasan was sentenced to death after killing 13 people, wounding dozens of others in 2009. that incident described as workplace violence by u.s. government, stripping families and soldiers of benefits they would have received if they were hurt in combat. wheels of justice turned slowly, too slowly for most of us. we ve all been reluctant to do anything up to this point that would possibly benefit major hasan s defense. this administration s workplace violence designation ....