Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/22/07

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

Alphecca comments on a Washington Post story concerning ATF gun trace data:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=357

Say Uncle has an important quote from Fred Thompson concerning New York City's attack on the Second Amendment:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/21/more_fred_on_guns/

John Lott recommends a couple of TV shows that have dealt with the gun issue of late:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/08/some-shows-on-gun-crime.html

Red's Trading Post has a real eye-opener on the way the ATF and the Department of Justice seem to be spending their time--at taxpayers' expense, of course:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-is-atf-spending-their-time.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association has posted a very important article on arguing gun laws and original intent:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3908.html

The Bitch Girls point to Massachusetts as a good example of 'efficient, cost-effective' government (said with tongue in cheek):
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7307

The McCarville Report does some good up-close, first-hand reporting of the latest flood problems in the state of Oklahoma:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/henry-johnson-tour-flood-ravaged-areas.html

McCarville also includes this report on the counties in Oklahoma that have been declared disaster areas:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/henry-includes-24-counties-in-disaster.html

Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs posts the latest information on the nefarious dealings of atheist billionaire and Democratic Party operative George Soros:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/08/the-black-hand-.html

The Volokh Conspiracy has an excellent examination of how the war on drugs is actually hurting the war on terror:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_08_19-2007_08_25.shtml#1187715526

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership asks the question, 'do you need your pain?':
http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070820.htm

Cameron Bailey blogs on the latest assault on free speech in Washington State. There is a move afoot to regulate bloggers!:
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/08/free-speech-must-be-bad.html

Of Arms and the Law has an excellent response to those who doubt that the government could ever confiscate our firearms:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/new_orleans_sei.php

The War on Guns posts a must-read entitled, 'Can Do vs. No Can Do':
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/can-do-vs-no-can-do.html

Snow Flakes in Hell makes an important point about how the Castle Doctrine benefits police officers as well as ordinary citizens:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1345

A Keyboard and a .45 has this update on the National Exercise Your Rights Day on Aug. 28 from the Firearms Coalition:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/national-exercise-your-rights-day.html

A Keyboard and a .45 also answers a question from a reader about how to get a spouse more comfortable in using a firearm for self-defense:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/from-mail-bag.html

Congratulations to J.R. on his first anniversary of launching A Keyboard and a .45:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/on-side-note.html