Second Amendment News Roundup for 7/30/07

Here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Syd at Front Sight, Press is back after a brief absence, and he posts this list of links to stories of interest to the gun rights community:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/tactics/news-from-the-sight-m1911-volume-642/

The Bitch Girls blog that gun-grabber Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY, inadvertently gave the NRA one of the biggest endorsements they could ask for:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7203

Blonde Sagacity has some well-chosen and poignant words for the gun-grabbers in city government in Philadelphia:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/07/philly-woes.html

Nicki at The Liberty Zone provides some interesting analysis of the D.C. gun case and its chances of resulting in a major Supreme Court ruling on the Second Amendment--which would be the first such ruling by the high court in over 70 years:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/07/both-sides-fear-firing-blanks-if-dc-gun.html

The Jet Pilot shares his personal story on why he carries a gun:
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/07/ive-been-asked-why-i-carry-gun.html

The Jet Pilot also shares this riveting news item about a 93-year-old man who defended himself with his gun from a violent attack that left him unconscious:
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/07/cops-man-93-shoots-violent-robber.html

Snow Flakes in Hell comments on armor-piercing ammo:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1164

John Lott was published last week by one of my all-time favorite magazines (for 35 years), National Review. The article explores the growing difficulty in defending property rights:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/07/new-op-ed-in-national-review-online-on.html

Say Uncle points to some ill-chosen words by a CNN analyst who described gun owners as 'Second Amendment literalists' and 'gun nuts,' which CNN tried to hide by altering the transcripts of the program:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/07/27/its_not_the_crime_its_the_cover_up/

The Volokh Conspiracy notes that former Duke lacrosse player Reade Seligmann, who nearly had his life ruined by a corrupt scoundrel of a prosecutor, Mike Nifong, is now playing for Brown University (Duke treated the three falsely accused students like crap):
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_07_22-2007_07_28.shtml#1185654179

Volokh also has an interesting piece on Fred Thompson's recent comments on the ominous creeping crawl of federal laws (something you won't hear many Presidential candidates opine about!):
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_07_22-2007_07_28.shtml#1185649311

Volokh nails supporters of The Fairness Doctrine by posing some key questions that get to the heart of the matter:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_07_22-2007_07_28.shtml#1185579292

Xavier Thoughts points to the story of four citizens in Charlotte, North Carolina who were forced to use deadly force to defend themselves against criminals:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/07/forced-to-kill-4-stories-of-survival.html

A Keyboard and a .45 says that the Daley gun buy-back in Chicago actually helped purchase rifles for the youth of the state of Illinois! You will love this one:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/07/mayor-daley-purchases-22-rifles-for.html

The War on Guns reports that Maryland is getting ready to tighten restrictions on the use of firearms:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/07/joint-effort.html

My, my. I suppose when you are one of the chosen few the laws against firearms simply do not apply. The War on Guns has this story of a Judge who brought a loaded gun to the airport, but was released by TSA officials:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/07/were-only-ones-caught-and-released.html

Take a look at Blogonomicon's latest post entitled, 'Gunslinger':
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/27/3123686.html

Red's Trading Post has a MUST-READ about how the ATF has gone about attempting to make a criminal out of someone who isn't:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/07/creating-criminal-out-of-someone-who.html