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Family Research Council: The shots not heard ‘round the world

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WASHINGTON, D.C. , February 8, 2013, ( Family Research Council ) - It seems hard to believe, Jim Treacher wrote yesterday, "but once upon a time, there was a shooting the national news didn't want to talk about." That's because the shooting was at FRC. And although the gunman was a  politically-motivated activist  who stormed a building less than a mile from the White House , there's a reason most Americans have never heard of him. After years of  insisting that  conservatives  were the hateful ones , the attack at FRC was an inconvenient storyline for a media  bent on hiding  where the real intolerance lies. The day after Floyd Corkins walked into our headquarters and opened fire, I said that while Corkins was responsible for the shooting, he had been  given a license to perpetrate this act of violence by groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) which has recklessly labeled every organization with which they disagree a "hate g...

Family Research Center shooter pleads guilty to terrorism, says he considered bombing building

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WASHINGTON, D.C. , February 6, 2013, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The man who opened fire inside the headquarters of the Family Research Center last August pleaded guilty today to committing an act of terrorism. Floyd Lee Corkins II  admitted that he considered bombing the building of the pro-life and pro-family organization before deciding to shoot as many employees as possible. Floyd Corkins being arrested. Reversing his previous  not guilty plea , Corkins pleaded guilty to one count of committing an act of terrorism with the intent to kill, one count of intent to kill while armed, and one federal count of crossing state lines with guns and ammunition. Seven additional charges were dropped. On August 15, Corkins told FRC guard Leo Johnson “I don't like your politics” before shooting him in the arm. Johnson, however, managed to  wrestle the gun away  from him. Police found a backpack containing 50 rounds of ammunition and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches. In a vi...