Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/31/07

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

Ryan Horsley at Red's Trading Post is considering an appointment to the U.S. House:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/ryan-horsley-looking-at-appointment-to.html

To contact Idaho's Governor Butch Otter concerning the appointment to the Senate and the House, click here:
http://gov.idaho.gov/WebRespond/contact_form.html

Red's Trading Post also announces the Idaho premier of the film, 'In Search of the Second Amendment':
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-search-of-second-amendment-to.html

The McCarville Report says that Fred Thompson will formally announce his candidacy for President on September 6:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/thompson-announcement-coming-september.html

McCarville also has the scoop on the news that the aircraft carrying Senators Inhofe (Oklahoma), Shelby (Alabama), and Martinez (Florida) was fired upon by enemy rockets as they departed Baghdad:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/aircraft-carrying-inhofe-takes-fire-in.html

Why is it that whenever something like this happens, i.e., a Republican who's life is in mortal danger, the extremist element that runs the Democratic Party laments that they did not die? They are doing it again over the incident in Iraq, and McCarville has the entire sickening story:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/gay-democrat-leader-laments-inhofe-near.html

Gun Law News has the intriguing story of the 'new Zumbo'--Joaquin Jackson, who has volunteered to be an ex-board member of the NRA:
http://www.gunlawnews.org/Lobby-Organizations/jj083007-4.html

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership comments on several items of interest, including the Bill of Rights and Red's Trading Post:
http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070831.htm

John Lott has an example of a gun control picture supposedly drawn by a 6-year-old but the handwriting of which suggests someone much older:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/08/is-this-really-pro-gun-control-picture.html

The War on Guns posts an interesting read on the response of the so-called 'Amendment II Democrats' to the criticism they received over some fairly blatant hypocrisy:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/second-amendment-democrats-respond.html

The Ninth Stage informs us of a charity shoot in Nashville to benefit the Nashville area American Cancer Society:
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2007/08/30/nashville-charity-shoot/

The Bitch Girls have more information showing us why there is no such thing, from a simple economics standpoint, as paying too much for a gun:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7349

Sebastian at Snow Flakes in Hell throws his support behind Ryan Horsley for Congress:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1442

Say Uncle makes the excellent suggestion that Ryan Horsley disclose his stance on other issues besides the Second Amendment:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/31/well_we_know_where_he_stands_on_guns/

Of Arms and the Law posts a MUST-read on the fallacy of the argument that 'the government will protect you':
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/another_case_on.php

Cameron Bailey points to an interesting discussion on the case of an innocent physician who has been brought up on federal drug charges:
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/08/federal-prosecution.html

Alphecca provides the news that a gun store in Wisconsin is going to raffle an AK-47, much to the chagrin of the anti-gun bigots:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=378

The Jet Pilot posts the full scoop on Fred Thompson's upcoming announcement on Sept. 6, including information on what activists can do to help:
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/08/gmail-important-announcement-from.html