Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/20/07

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

A Keyboard and a .45 provides commentary on the news that over 85% of gun dealers have been forced out of business by the Feds since the mid 1990s:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/number-of-gun-dealers-drop-across.html

A Keyboard and a .45 also posts this interesting item on the state of Wyoming's run-in with the ATF:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/wyoming-vs-atf.html

Alphecca blogs on the ammo shortage that has hit the nation's police departments:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=350

Say Uncle says he is back from vacation and ready to rumble. Who were those masked men and women who wrote for him while he was gone? Well, one was none other than our very own Snow Flakes in Hell:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/18/back/

Speaking of Snow Flakes in Hell, Sebastian says that Pennsylvania finally got a reciprocity deal worked out with West Virginia:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1323

The Buckeye Firearms Association interviews Robert Levy, the lawyer who challenged Washington D.C.'s gun laws:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3903.html

John Lott makes an excellent point that price controls on prescription medications will cost lives:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/08/regulating-prescription-drug-prices.html

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel want to know why Greenpeace and PETA are not protesting the killing of animals in order to promote the production of biofuels. The Orangutan in particular is being slaughtered at an alarming rate just to supply the EU with their growing need of biofuels:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/08/15/wheres-greenpeace-and-peta-on-this/

Of Arms and the Law points to an excellent op-ed in the New York Post concerning the killing of the three college-bound students in New Jersey at the hands of an illegal alien:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/ny_post_on_corz.php

Mike McCarville reports that the Breck Girl himself, John Edwards, is coming to Oklahoma to campaign. This is on the heels of his pulling up stakes and leaving a couple of other states due to lack of support:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/john-edwards-plans-edmond-appearance.html

Keep and Bear Arms has a run-down on news stories of interest to the gun-rights community. They even linked to an opinion piece on The Liberty Sphere concerning Bloomberg scoring a victory at the hands of an activist Judge:
http://keepandbeararms.com/news/nl/disp.asp?d=8/18/2007

The Volokh Conspiracy posts a most interesting debate on the subject of Constitutional interpretation and judicial restraint...a MUST-read:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_08_19-2007_08_25.shtml#1187545525

Volokh also has this most intriguing piece on the meaning of the terms 'anarchy' and 'government,' which I believe most of you will find interesting:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_08_12-2007_08_18.shtml#1187385251

Cameron Bailey comments on The Liberty Sphere's piece entitled, 'The Dilemma of the Libertarian Leaning Voter':
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/08/selecting-candidates.html

Cameron Bailey also throws his support behind the Aug. 28 'buy some ammo day':
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/08/august-28-support-your-local-gun-shop.html

Blogonomicon is another who is encouraging readers to go out and buy some ammo on Aug. 28:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/17/3165271.html

David Codrea at The War on Guns spearheaded this national buy some ammo day on Aug. 28, and he has an update on those who plan to participate, including some offering discounts on their products:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/reds-and-others-to-offer-aug-28-ammo.html

Red's Trading Post did an updated interview with Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/talkin-to-america-follow-up-interview.html

Red's is also offering discounts on purchases for the Aug. 28 'Ammo Day':
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/ammo-day-august-28th.html

U.S. Citizen at Traction Control has graciously decided to buy his ammo purchase for Aug. 28 through Red's Trading Post:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=546

Traction Control also posts a special message to Fred Thompson:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=550

The Open Carry Forum has info on a disturbing phone call from a Sheriff in California concerning the practice of 'open carry':
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum12/4273.html