Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/13/07

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Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

The Bitch Girls post a thorough examination of the misleading headlines in the major media, which often lead persons to assume that gun control is back as a top issue facing the nation:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7274

The Bitch Girls also have the statistics to prove that Congressional Democrats have proceeded to break every single promise they made concerning 'reform' during the 2006 election cycle:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7265

Xavier Thoughts blogs about the growing influence of a woman who stated, 'I picked up a gun for the first time on my 45th birthday':
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/08/who-was-she.html

Xavier also says that the Virginia Lieutenant Governor needs our help in answering a question concerning concealed carry:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/08/help-out.html

Traction Control reports that the mainstream media has once again seized on a tragedy to do some anti-gun propaganda reporting, including the use of misleading 'facts':
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=536

The McCarville Report says that Hillary Clinton went to Tulsa over the weekend and promptly raised $100,000:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/turpen-hillary-raises-100000-in-tulsa.html

Front Sight, Press has the story about an armed citizen who stopped an attack on two police officers on Interstate 35 in Dallas:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/armed-citizen-stops-attack-on-two-police-officers/

Wanna know where gun control leads? Look no further than the U.K. where a couple was sentenced to 10 years in prison for merely using pepper spray. The Jet Pilot has the story here:
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/08/pair-with-pepper-spray-sentenced.html

Snow Flakes in Hell posts an important notice concerning a challenge from the Brady gang:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1270

Say Uncle says that Mayor Fenty of D.C. is giving up his armed guards. Ah, Mr. Mayor, do you think announcing this publicly was prudent? As the old farmer said, 'I don't believe I would've told that!':
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/12/fenty_giving_up_the_armed_guards/

The War on Guns reports that a new trial has been ordered for the gun collector who was found guilty of 'possessing' a 'forbidden' firearm:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-trial-ordered-for-kwan.html

A Keyboard and a .45 has news from the world of .50 calibre shooters:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/news-from-world-of-50-cal-shooters.html

As always, Nicki at The Liberty Zone provides stimulating commentary, this time on the decline of private gun ownership in Massachusetts:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/this-is-not-good-thing.html

Cap'n Bob has purchased a new Glock, but has run into the 'punitive delay harassment' of the state of California:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/08/10/tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock/

Blogonomicon has something you MUST see! It's entitled, 'Mr. Reasoned Discourse':
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/10/3151799.html

Alphecca comments on the idiotic and juvenile Sunday editorial in The Washington Post that makes fun of Fred Thompson's name:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=338

Teddy at Actions by T reports that ammunition prices are going up on September 1. Sales have been up significantly this year as well:
http://actionsbyt.blogspot.com/

The Volokh Conspiracy points to a most interesting and disturbing phenomenon among college students. It seems that Cuban leader Che Guevara has reached hero status in spite of the fact that his brutality against his own people rivals that of Hitler, Stalin, and the Khmer Rouge:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_08_05-2007_08_11.shtml#1186849063

The Volokh Conspiracy also asks a vital question--is illegal gun possession a 'violent felony'?:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_08_05-2007_08_11.shtml#1186716304

Mr. Completely provides this update on the upcoming 'Gun Bloggers Rendezvous':
http://mrcompletely.blogspot.com/2007/08/gun-blogger-airways.html