Family Research Council president Tony Perkins called the shooting attack on FRC's office last week an act of terrorism, but on Wednesday a federal grand jury showed it didn't agree with him, indicting Floyd Corkins on weapons and assault charges.
In his first public appearances since the shooting at the Family Research Council's office Wednesday, FRC president Tony Perkins blamed the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has labeled FRC a hate group, for giving the shooter a "license" to attack.
The morning after a man shot a security guard in the lobby of the conservative Family Research Council, we're learning more about the suspect, who may be charged with domestic terrorism depending on his motive in the shooting.
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