Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/14/07

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Focusing on guns and politics, here is the Second Amendment News Roundup for today:

Nicki at the Liberty Zone reports good news that students in some Virginia colleges are beginning to take the initiative for the sake of their own defense:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/students-taking-action.html

Nicki also points to an essay claiming 'a sad commentary on our times':
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/sad-commentary.html

Xavier Thoughts posts the results of a major FBI report on those who attack cops and the broad implications for law-abiding gun owners. This is a must-read:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/08/fbi-report-on-cop-attackers-released.html

Alphecca shows us the convoluted 'logic' of yet another anti-gun editorial writer, this time in the Chicago Sun-Times:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=339

The Bitch Girls make an important point about the latest random shooting, this one in Missouri in a 'gun-free zone' called a church:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7279

Political Mavens has an interesting read entitled, 'Guns Don't Kill People; Illegal Immigrants With Guns Kill People':
http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2007/08/13/criminal-illegal-aliens/

Snow Flakes in Hell blogs on 'the awkward phase' when one is just beginning to get adjusted to shooting a firearm:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1272

Say Uncle provides a 'thought for a Monday' (except now it is a thought for a Tuesday):
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/13/thought_for_a_monday/

Front Sight, Press points to a news item concerning four students in Alabama who have been charged with murder over an argument about high school football teams:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/can-it-get-any-more-stupid/

Ryan Horsley of Red's Trading Post says he was the subject of an article in the local newspaper on Sunday that implied (erroneously) his troubles with the ATF are about sales to criminals:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/yesterdays-article-and-being-on-your.html

Blogonomicon alerts us to a poll about gun control. Give it a look, and then go and cast your vote:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/12/3154606.html

The War on Guns has this stimulating read entitled, 'A Crazed Right-Wing Militant Responds':
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/crazed-right-wing-militant-responds.html