Second Amendment News Roundup for 9/20/07

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

The Bitch Girls blog on the question, when is a gun not a gun?:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7405

Say Uncle provides an update on the Colt CCO who was body slammed by a police officer for lawfully carrying a concealed weapon:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/20/results/

Say Uncle also says that sales of those 'Triangle of Death' t-shirts he had manufactured are not going well, to say the least. Now, get on over there to Say Uncle, buy one of those t-shirts, and wear it proudly:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/20/disappointing-3/

David Hardy at Of Arms and the Law reports that the Joyce Foundation has been 'buying off' various organizations. Now it seems they have bought the International Association of Chiefs of Police:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/09/joyce_foundatio_9.php

Nicki at The Liberty Zone provides a stirring excerpt from her autobiography, which describes how she came to cherish the right to keep and bear arms. My friends, if ever there were something you need to read, it is this:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/follow-this-logic.html

Nicki also provides this warning concerning the ominous Philadelphia District Attorney, Lynne Abraham:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/abraham-pleads-for-tougher-gun-laws.html

Wow. The War on Guns is reporting the DC has backed off its position that the 2nd Amendment is not an individual right and is now propounding the concept that a handgun ban does not violate the Amendment so long as citizens can own other guns:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/09/dc-admitting-2a-individual-right.html

The War on Guns also has this nightmare scenario that shows the consequences of gun free schools:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/09/another-benefit-of-gun-free-schools.html

In addition, the War on Guns posts a disturbing bit of evidence from the DOJ that documenting gun purchases by persons of Arab descent is a violation of their civil rights, but NOT a violation of others' rights (why am I not surprised?):
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/09/inshallah.html

Snow Flakes in Hell has some great comments today on Rudy Giuliani and the NRA. Read with an open mind and THINK!:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1559

Armed and Safe says that great progress has been made on pro-Second Amendment counties in Illinois (the counties are passing resolutions affirming the 2nd Amendment to counter the Chicago-area gun-grab):
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/09/lots-of-progress-on-pro-second.html

Blogonomicon posts a vintage Marlin gun ad from the 1940s....neat!:
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/09/wednesday-vintage-gun-ad-1940s-marlin.html

Red's Trading Post has a MUST-read today. Long-time agents of the BATFE, who once may have been 'Mr. Nice Guy' for gun-dealers, are now following orders from above and are seeking to shut down gun shops. Read it all here:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/so-much-for-mr-nice-guy.html

Sharp as a Marble writes about a school teacher left defenseless against her abusive husband, on whom she had a restraining order, because of the school's gun-free policy:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/09/20/Oh-I-didnt-realize-it-was-that-easy.aspx

Traction Control issues an urgent alert to stop the 'Dream Act,' the backdoor, under-the-table method Senators have devised to resurrect the 'Immigration Reform-Amnesty' measure that was defeated:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=607

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership has the full scoop on the raid on Red's Trading Post:
http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070919.htm

Mike McCarville reports that a new Zogby-Reuters poll shows that public approval for Congress is down to a mere 11 percent. That's ELEVEN percent...the lowest in history. President Bush's approval stands at 29%:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/09/poll-finds-low-approval-for-bush-lower.html

McCarville also says that today U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, minced no words in ripping into Moveon.org and expressing support for General Petraeus:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/09/inhofe-supports-petraeus-rips-moveonorg.html

The editors of National Review, the great publication founded by William F. Buckley, Jr., have an editorial on Hillary Clinton's national healthcare proposal:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDAwMWM3MThiMzI3YmQ4OTdmYzY2ZWU2ODU3NDY1MGE=

World Net Daily is reporting that Republican Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee won a significant straw poll:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57708

Alphecca points to some common sense concerning gun rights and the state of New Jersey:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=431

Front Sight, Press gives us a peek into the fantasyland in which many antis live:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/tactics/fantasyland-by-john-farnam/

My friends, it's time to take a break from guns and politics in order to offer a prayer for one of our own. Xavier requests our prayers for him and his son today. His son is having surgery. You got it, buddy!:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/in-family.html

Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable. John Lott says that the Washington Post, in responding to a statement by Fred Thompson, actually claims that the Soviet Union lost more soldiers in fighting for other people's liberty than any other nation on earth. Damn. You wanna run that by me again?:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/09/soviet-union-lost-more-soilders.html

Michelle Malkin is reporting that the plot thickens in the saga of the Hillary Clinton-Norman Hsu dirty money scandal. Hsu now faces charges in New York:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/20/the-democrats-bundles-of-straw/

Malkin also says that the vote on the so-called 'Dream Act'--another amnesty bill--will take place TOMORROW in the Senate. She also has an update on which side the Senators will vote:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/20/shamnesty-watch-act-on-the-dream-act/

Gun Law News reports an update in the Heller DC case and provides a link to more info. Go check it out:
http://www.gunlawnews.org/News/heller092007-2.html

As most of you know by now, my favorites are Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson. But this sort of makes me want to vote for Ron Paul. Enjoy:
http://www.blogstitution.com/?p=91