Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/30/07

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

Snow Flakes in Hell blogs on the NRA and feuding within the gun-rights community. A timely read!:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1426

Snow Flakes in Hell also catches the Chicago Sun-Times on a point of semantics, with regard to the loose manner in which the word 'civilian' is used when describing gun-fire:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1430

Red's Trading Post makes the excellent observation that the acting director of the ATF should NOT be confirmed as permanent director:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/does-atf-acting-director-deserve-to-be.html

Uncle's blog (Say Uncle) is five years old today. Happy Anniversary, Uncle:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/30/happy_birthday_to_this_blog/

Say Uncle says that the New York Times doesn't care much for the rights described in the Bill of Rights:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/30/poli_sci_101/

The Bitch Girls point out that after years of the dominance of the anti-gun message in the mainstream media, some media outlets are actually beginning to allow the other side of the argument to be heard:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7339

The War on Guns comments on the Virginia Tech report that was released just yesterday:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/hokie-pocus.html

Nicki at The Liberty Zone follows up with more commentary on the Virginia Tech report here:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/va-tech-panel-report.html

Our favorite intellectual, Dr. Walter Williams, has this MUST-read on the Pope's recent condemnation of 'tax avoidance':
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/07/OECDthugs.htm

Pamela Geller over at Atlas Shrugs has a great post concerning Hillary's latest problems with dirty campaign contributions, as well as a list of scandals, corruption, and convictions tied to those closest to the Clintons:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/08/dirty-hillary-g.html

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel post a video of a Glock 18 in full automatic mode:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/08/30/glock-18-in-full-auto-mode/

Alphecca opines on Joe Biden's latest comments on the Second Amendment:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=374

Alphecca points to a major article appearing in a Boise, Idaho newspaper yesterday on the ATF harassment of Red's Trading Post:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=375

Finally, Alphecca's comments on the banning of the game of tag by a school in Colorado is essential reading for anyone concerned about our rights and the creeping crawl of government control over every minute detail of our lives:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=376