Second Amendment News Roundup for 9/17/07

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

Alphecca has news that more Alabamans are arming themselves these days:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=420

Alphecca also has this to say about Fred Thompson on the subject of gun control:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=418

In addition, Alphecca reminds us that today is Constitution Day:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=421

Blonde Sagacity has this to say about gun laws:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/09/gun-laws.html

The McCarville Report shows us the evidence that the new mantra of the Democratic Left is that 'all Republicans are crooks':
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-mantra-all-republicans-are-crooks.html

Xavier Thoughts has the intriguing saga of a doctor who isn't acting like a doctor. And it points to a major problem in the U.S. in allowing droves of foreign medical students into our schools of medicine:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-doesnt-add-up.html

Front Sight, Press posts this interesting read on guns and crime in England:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/guns-and-crime-in-england/

Front Sight, Press also presents this MUST-read on the new tactics of terrorists:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/lessons-from-beslan/

JR at A Keyboard and a .45 further sheds light on this new phase of terrorism, that poses great risk for the most defenseless among us:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/09/back-in-january-i-commented-on.html

JR also has the link to the new manual on the 2007-2008 Texas Concealed Handgun Laws and Selected Statutes:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/09/texas-concealed-handgun-laws-and.html

Speaking of the new tactics of terrorists, I wrote four articles on this back in March and April of this year....scroll down for all the articles, the latest of which is posted first:
http://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/search?q=school+bus+terrorism

For something a bit off topic, Blogonomicon has a vintage pipe ad from a newspaper in 1934. I like such things, being a connoisseur of the pipe myself, but I admit I have never tried Granger Tobacco. I prefer the smooth tobacco shop blends:
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/09/sunday-vintage-pipe-ad-1934-granger.html

And for serious pipe connoisseurs, Cameron Bailey has THIS interesting piece of information:
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/09/naspc.html

The Volokh Conspiracy posts vital information on new updates on the DC handgun and self-defense bans:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_09_16-2007_09_22.shtml#1189997618

The Buckeye Firearms Association has today's update on media misunderstanding of concealed handgun license records:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3954.html

Buckeye also provides interesting reading on the challenges that lie before us in light of the Clinton Administration's order for the Treasury Department to crack down on federally licensed gun dealers in the early 1990s (and let's not forget that this man's wife has at least a 50-50 chance of becoming President in 2008!):
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3955.html

John Lott gives us the reason why the mainstream media loves campaign finance reform regulations:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/09/new-op-ed-on-why-press-likes-campaign.html

Ryan Horsley of Red's Trading Post reports some good news. He has received assurances of a high level review of ATF abuses:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/spotlighting-atf-abuse.html

Say Uncle says it the way I like it. Yeah, what he said!:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/17/hang_together/

Sharp as a Marble welcomes a new gun blogger to our ranks:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/09/17/New-gun-blog.aspx

If you haven't seen it already, Snow Flakes in Hell has a good post on guns in schools:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1527

The Bitch Girls report that Wyoming has a bison problem that calls for some help from hunters:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7394

Nicki at The Liberty Zone blogs on the Miami police being given authority to carry 'assault' weapons:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/only-ones-get-assault-weapons.html

The War on Guns has a news story that not only gets my shorts in a bunch but literally gripes my butt. Read it all here:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/09/now-this-really-grinds-my-gears.html

Ladies, if you will excuse me for a moment I will need to indulge myself in a bit of exaggerated admiration for the female body, compliments of Traction Control:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=595

Oscar Poppa opines on the apparent new Attorney-General:
http://oscarpoppa.us/?p=662

Michelle Malkin has the latest update on Norman Hsu's bankrolling of the Hillary Clinton campaign, and just wait till you see what 'daddy warbucks' Norman did for the campaign staff!:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/17/hill-bill-footed-by-hsu/